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- 1Allina Health to pay $12.5 million over data breach●Allina to pay $12.5M to settle federal data breach case
Minnesota-based health system Allina Health has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle a federal case over a data breach. The settlement resolves claims tied to patient information being exposed, marking one of the larger healthcare data security penalties in the region. Discussion centers on hospitals' growing vulnerability to cyberattacks and the rising cost of failing to protect patient records.
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Unionized doctors have reached an agreement with Allina Health, ending a strike at the Minnesota-based health system. The deal resolves the labor dispute that had taken physicians off the job, though details of the settlement, including terms on pay, staffing and working conditions, have not been laid out in initial reports. The agreement marks a resolution to one of the more unusual labor actions in US healthcare, involving doctors rather than nurses or support staff.
- 3Doctors' union at Allina Health hospitals reaches tentative first contract●"The union representing about 150 doctors at Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and its Unity campus in Fridl
The union representing about 150 doctors at Allina Health's Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and its Unity campus in Fridley, Minnesota, announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement on a first contract with the health system. The deal follows a four-day strike by the physicians earlier this month, and union members are expected to vote on ratifying the agreement.