Patient Scheduling

Actor Exploits Beaumont Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Tool

February 2, 2021 - Michigan-based Beaumont Health was forced to shut down its tool for scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments over the weekend, after an unauthorized actor exploited a flaw in the Epic platform. The act allowed 2,700 people to cut in line and register for unauthorized appointments. The IT team discovered the unusual activity related to online...


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OCR Lifts HIPAA Penalties for Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Apps

by Jessica Davis

The Office for Civil Rights announced another enforcement discretion amid the pandemic, lifting penalties for potential HIPAA violations related to the good faith use of online or web-based scheduling...