Walmart announced that it will begin experimenting with self-driving cars in a pilot program with General Motors-backed Cruise (a tech start-up with electric, self-driving cars) to deliver groceries and other products to neighborhoods in Phoenix, Arizona. The program will launch in 2021. The fleet of cars will use electricity from renewable resources to curb carbon
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Dignity Health Settles with OCR for $160,000 for Failing to Provide Access to Records
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in HIPAA and Health Information
Continuing with its previous enforcement actions centered on covered entities’ failure to provide patients with access to their health records, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on October 9, 2020 that it entered into a settlement with Dignity Health, doing business as St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix (St. Joseph’s) for $160,000…
Drone Detection Technology at the Waste Management Phoenix Open
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
This past weekend, Scottsdale, Arizona police used new drone detection technology at the Waste Management Phoenix Open to keep attendees (and players) safe. Sergeant Ben Hoster said, “Drones are becoming so inexpensive and so popular, we are getting ahead of this technology,” by linking up with Dedrone (an anti-drone solutions company) and Aerial Armor (a…
2,500 Mothers’ and Newborns’ Personal and Health Information Lost in the Mail
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has notified 2,500 patients that their personal and health information has been lost in the mail.
The affected patients were mothers and newborns enrolled in the newborn screening program operated by ADHS. The compromised information was contained on paper records, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance…