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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News, exclusively covering cybersecurity and government policy. She writes the bi-weekly HITN Cybersecurity Checkup and is lead editor for Women in Health IT.

IT Infrastructure
By Jessica Davis | 03:27 pm | April 26, 2018
Hackers hit the IT vendor of three Center for Orthopaedic Specialists locations in February, which locked out users and encrypted patient data.
By Jessica Davis | 12:09 pm | April 26, 2018
The White House Physician was already facing an uphill battle to be confirmed when 23 people accused him of improper work conduct.
Telehealth
By Jessica Davis | 10:31 am | April 26, 2018
The HELP committee bill outlines ways to expand care access for addicted patients while placing limits on prescriptions.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 02:18 pm | April 25, 2018
The House Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs voted to fund the VA’s planned EHR modernization project with $1.
IT Infrastructure
By Jessica Davis | 01:41 pm | April 25, 2018
MEDantex left a portion of its customer portal open to the public after it rebuilt its site due to a ransomware attack.
Workforce
By Jessica Davis | 02:41 pm | April 24, 2018
Quest CIO Lidia Fonseca explains that by working with customers, technology vendors can better anticipate the needs of customers and design more effective products.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 02:13 pm | April 24, 2018
Orangeworm is targeting the sector and associated vendors for what Symantec researchers believe is to conduct espionage on the industry.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 02:51 pm | April 23, 2018
In an RFI, a House committee outlines the severity of cybersecurity issues plaguing legacy software and equipment and asks stakeholders to begin tackling these challenges.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 05:17 pm | April 20, 2018
The board couldn’t rule out conflict of interest in the $62 million contract signed between Epic and the academic medical center to overhaul its legacy EHR and billing systems.
IT Infrastructure
By Jessica Davis | 02:19 pm | April 20, 2018
Some NHS units failed because the Cyber Essentials Plus sets a high bar, while others simply have not patched their systems appropriately, the U.K. Commons Public Accounts committee found.