By Common Angle When you think about protecting your medical care facility, what comes to mind? Firewalls? Antivirus software? Multi-factor authentication? Those are all critical, but here’s something that might surprise you: some of your biggest security vulnerabilities are happening…
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Red Pepper Video: Michigan Facilities Final Walkthrough
Updates needed to HIPAA Notice of Privacy practices
Updates needed to HIPAA Notice of Privacy practices Health care providers and health plans (Covered Entities) required to maintain HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices (NPPs) must update their NPPs by Feb. 16, 2026, to address the handling of substance use…
Top 5 cybersecurity risks that are probably keeping you up at night
By Common Angle Picture this: It’s 2 a.m. and you’re wide awake, staring at the ceiling, wondering if your medical care facility is the next target for cybercriminals. Well, you’re not paranoid (unfortunately). Medical care facilities have become prime hunting…
Lifecycle management: Keeping your facility up to date
By Common Angle When it comes to hardware, it isn’t a matter of if your equipment will become outdated or fail, it’s a matter of when. We both already know that, but let’s be real with each other: Are we…
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Legislature advances variety of nursing regulatory measures
Bills that the Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council (MMCFC) has been tracking for many months cleared the Legislature the week of Dec. 14-18. Senate Bill 77, by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-Oakland) would require a nursing home to allow a…