Andrea Fox
Cybersecurity In Focus
To improve healthcare cybersecurity, an organization can shore up Internet-enabled device misconfigurations by starting with CIS Benchmarks, before moving on to industry-specific standards, Fortra’s Tyler Reguly said.
Nurses and others providing inpatient care are struggling the most with documentation burden, but a new Arch Collaborative report offers some advice on helping reduce nurse burnout and turnover.
Unable to claim payments, more than half of physician practice respondents in a new American Medical Association survey reported using personal funds to cover expenses, and 31% said they could not make payroll.
Over the past year, acceptance of generative artificial intelligence has increased quickly, with nearly 70% of physicians now saying they've changed their views and are enthusiastic about its benefits, according to new Wolters Kluwer Health findings.
In addition to presenting risks for users, inadequate privacy policies may pose risks for hospitals, according to researchers, who found most hospitals tracked and transferred website user data to third-party domains.
Meeting the cybersecurity challenges of 2024 requires healthcare organizations to boost their organizational capabilities, which are often below-average compared to other industries, researchers said.
The cloud and relationship management giant is rumored to be exploring an acquisition of its MuleSoft competitor, which would bolster data exchange and interoperability capabilities, including HL7 and HIPAA services.
The hospital group calls new revisions to HHS’ pixel tracking guidance "regulatory overreach," and says the update is "unlawful and unwise." Meanwhile, Massachusetts is weighing two class action suits that would allege such tracking violates wiretap laws.
While testifying on the VA FY 2025 and FY 2026, the Veterans Affairs Secretary said the agency plans to reinvest prior appropriated unused funds into new releases of its Oracle electronic health records next year.
And in other news, CISA directs federal agencies on Microsoft breach by Russian operatives.