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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.

data security
By Jessica Davis | 01:59 pm | June 15, 2017
More attacks are coming and they will be much worse, Greg Touhill and other security experts told a House Science subcommittee.
Mobile Health IT
By Jessica Davis | 12:36 pm | June 15, 2017
The National Security Agency said that tactics, techniques and targets of the massive ransowmare assault point to North Korea’s spy agency: the Reconnaissance General Bureau
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 05:42 pm | June 14, 2017
While the vendor will be the same as the DoD's system, VA's platform will be designed to meet particulars that are vastly different, David Shulkin, MD, told the Senate VA committee on Wednesday.
IT Infrastructure
By Jessica Davis | 02:59 pm | June 14, 2017
About 15 percent of healthcare organizations are running on outdated systems or browsers, while 160 million computers, IoT devices and servers still have open ports, studies found.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 05:11 pm | June 13, 2017
Appropriations Committee says the VA must detail how the new EHR would be interoperable with the DoD and private sector systems.
Precision Medicine
By Jessica Davis | 03:36 pm | June 13, 2017
Privacy protections, fraud guidelines and issues with discrimination need to be addressed before widespread adoption, expert says.
Precision Medicine
By Jessica Davis | 03:15 pm | June 12, 2017
While the industry is rapidly making progress on precision medicine, cultural, policy and regulatory changes are limiting momentum, industry leaders said at the Precision Medicine Summit on Monday.
By Jessica Davis | 01:05 pm | June 12, 2017
Failure to conduct minimal documentation reviews left the incentive program open to abuse of federal funds, agency says.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 10:57 am | June 12, 2017
As cyberthreats increase, the emerging role helps hospitals fill in key security roles to bolster policies and provide necessary experience.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:04 pm | June 08, 2017
While the U.S. was relatively spared from the massive impact from the May ransomware attacks, it’s clear that new cybersecurity threats require updated guidelines, HHS, CMS, ASPR officials say.