Daily Digest – October 6. AR.net Hosting Operations Webinar; Third Parties Responsible For One-Third of Healthcare Data Breaches

The Daily Digest is sponsored by TCN, a leading provider of cloud-based call center technology for enterprises, contact centers, BPOs, and collection agencies worldwide. 

WEBINAR TO HELP AGENCIES ADAPT TO CONSTANTLY CHANGING COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

• It’s webinar day here at AccountsRecovery.net. Today, at 1pm ET, we’ll be discussing how to cut through all of the emails and updates and figure out what changes you need to make to your operation to make sure you are complying with everything that is being mentioned in those updates. How should a collection agency look at the horizon and decide what changes need to be made to their operation so they are on top of what is going to be asked or required of them? Register here and find out at 1pm today.

THIRD PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF HEALTHCARE DATA BREACHES: REPORT 

• Nearly one-third of data breaches in the healthcare sector this year — and more than 35% of records leaked because of breaches — are the result of problems at third-party vendors, according to a new whitepaper. Incidents involving a third party results in 27% more leaked records than incidents not involving a third-party breach, according to the whitepaper. A copy of the whitepaper can be downloaded here.

SERVICE PROVIDER RELEASES CLOUD-BASED PREDICTIVE DIALER

• Voiptime, a service provider to the call center industry, has announced the release of Predictive Dialer Systems Online, a cloud-based debt collection productivity tool. A press release announcing the product says it includes: several dialing modes, powerful routing, call recording, call monitoring, custom scripts, lead management system, task reminders, real-time and historical reporting.

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The Daily Digest is sponsored by TCN, a leading provider of cloud-based call center technology for enterprises, contact centers, BPOs, and collection agencies worldwide.