Andrea Fox
Most healthcare IT vendors surveyed use AWS, followed by Microsoft Azure. The Google Cloud Platform is predominantly used as a secondary provider, says KLAS.
Patients and others can use their cell phones to interact with virtual dogs in the same UCHealth app that hosts its patient portal and other patient engagement features.
A letter from the HIMSS EHR Association outlines concerns and requests clarifications around issues such as automation bias and how the industry would transition away from legacy technologies that conflict with the guidance.
Healthcare organizations can streamline the vendor management process to reduce third-party risk, while they build a culture of resilience.
William McDermott briefed the 2022 HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum in Boston on new threats, cleared up some misconceptions about incident response and walked through what happens when healthcare organizations reach out for help.
"The adversary has to beat all of us to beat one of us," said Greg Garcia of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.
At the 2022 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum in Boston, keynote speaker Anita Allen described the delicate and complex balance between the imperative of data sharing and the need to protect privacy.
The Indiana provider says pixels used to collect information about website users may have transferred certain types of patient information since 2017.
The agency issued a bulletin clarifying that a notice of pixel use does not permit PHI disclosure, and when HIPAA-compliant authorizations for pixels are required.
The data breach exposed the personal information of patients, family members and caregivers in Washington State. The number of affected individuals is still being investigated.