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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.

Regulation
By Jessica Davis | 04:49 pm | July 19, 2017
The agency is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a MACRA API and with the Department of Veterans Affair on digital tools for veterans.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:52 pm | July 19, 2017
While Peachtree Neurological Clinic avoided paying ransom after a recent cyberattack, the investigation that followed revealed a hacker had access to its system starting in February 2016.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:22 pm | July 18, 2017
Security basics go a long way to protecting patient data against even scary-looking attacks.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 01:18 pm | July 18, 2017
After a hospital had to replace infected IT systems, now FedEx is the second organization to admit the drastic impact of the wiper malware.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:01 pm | July 17, 2017
An employee responded to a phishing email with login credentials, which officials said the hacker used to view patient data and send emails to other staff requesting large sums of money.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 02:20 pm | July 14, 2017
The employee was fired after stealing data from the health insurer. DataBreaches.net found a dark web listing that shows the employee was selling between 500,000 and 1 million medical records.
EHR
By Jessica Davis | 02:07 pm | July 14, 2017
Since the committee wasn’t provided data about the cost of a new EHR system, the Senate will need to reevaluate funds to replace VistA at a later date.
Data Warehousing
By Jessica Davis | 05:24 pm | July 13, 2017
As many as 14 million U.S. customers of the telecommunications company were exposed after a user mistake caused a database to go public online.
Regulation
By Jessica Davis | 04:03 pm | July 13, 2017
Altor Bioscience stakeholders say the NantHealth CEO low-balled the company’s value and paid off two directors in an attempt to buy the company through a sweetheart deal.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:40 pm | July 13, 2017
A Bupa employee -- who has since been fired -- copied private information from global health insurance policies, which cover those who frequently travel or work overseas.