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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.

By Jessica Davis | 05:56 pm | April 08, 2016
The Government Accountability Office discovered vulnerabilities in three states and said that other state-run health insurance exchanges may be at risk too.
By Jessica Davis | 11:45 am | April 08, 2016
Pfizer and IBM are teaming up to combat Parkinson's Disease with analytics and the IoT, the companies announced Thursday.
By Jessica Davis | 07:53 am | April 06, 2016
The Venture Fund challenge will award winners money, mentorship and the opportunity to pilot emerging technologies.   
By Jessica Davis | 03:14 pm | April 05, 2016
With the recent surge in ransomware attacks, cybersecurity is a top priority for healthcare organizations across the nation.
By Jessica Davis | 12:38 pm | April 04, 2016
The Samsam and Maktub Locker malicious code programs attack vulnerable patches and spread to all systems connected to a network.  
By Jessica Davis | 05:45 pm | April 01, 2016
The United States Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Center issued a joint cyber alert on March 31, in response to the recent surge in ransomware attacks on hospitals and other organizations.
By Jessica Davis | 12:27 pm | March 30, 2016
PowerWare is similar to the Locky virus in that it's delivered via email through a Microsoft Word document that resembles an invoice and locks down the system until the ransom is paid.
By Jessica Davis | 12:00 pm | March 11, 2016
Twenty-one companies were awarded spots on the Department of Veterans Affairs' $22.
By Jessica Davis | 11:39 am | March 10, 2016
e-MDs, an Austin, Texas-based developer of ambulatory electronic health records and practice management tools, will acquire several technology assets from McKesson Business Performance Services.