Jessica Davis
Mobile Health IT
Navigating the massive Western New York campus was a burden to patients, but its CIO tailored a mapping system to improve their experience.
Privacy & Security
After hackers logged into the hospital’s remote access portal using a third-party vendor’s username and password, officials paid up as it would have taken more time and money to restore files from backups.
Analytics
Threat detection response is more reactive than proactive but MITRE engineer explains how sharing threats within a trusted environment can bolster security programs.
Compliance
The Ministry of Health's second investigation into Nanaimo's EHR project found that managers failed to leverage advice that could have helped prevent some of those issues.
Data Warehousing
A hacker gained access to an Oklahoma State Health Sciences network and accessed folders containing Medicaid billing data.
Privacy & Security
The first reported hospital ransomware attack in 2018 was sophisticated – and not caused by an employee opening a malicious email.
Privacy & Security
The state would have one of the toughest breach notification laws in the country if the legislation is passed.
Privacy & Security
A laptop of a Coplin Health Systems employee was stolen from a car and serves as a reminder to encrypt all data.
Compliance
The medical records vendor claimed regulatory changes to HIPAA in 2013 and 2016 threaten to “upend the medical records industry.”
While it was widely-believed that ONC would eliminate the CPO position to shift priorities after the departure of Deven McGraw in the fall, national coordinator Donald Rucker named an agency veteran to the post on Wednesday.