Privacy & Security
Privacy & Security
While the state program had a security program in place, it lacked sufficient controls over the data and its operation.
IT Infrastructure
While CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for the end of fax machine use by 2020, new Check Point research found a hacker could steal data from a flaw in the fax protocol.
Privacy & Security
McAfee researchers show just how easy it is to hack into devices -- but new MedCrypt data shows government guidance may be putting device manufacturers on the right trajectory to shore up this real threat.
Privacy & Security
She snooped in the EHRs of nearly four dozen people over two years.
IT Infrastructure
The technology alone won’t fix patient ID issues but it can bring some of the data accessibility, interoperability, integrity and security hospitals need.
IT Infrastructure
More than 3 million patient records were breached between April and June, highlighting an even bigger issue: Risk increases over time without proper education or reporting.
Compliance
Company says expanding coverage for Amazon, Google Cloud, Microsoft and others, makes it easier for hospitals to comply with a host of data privacy regulations.
Compliance
A new communication process in the emergency department helped the hospital reduce the time it took a patient to get to their new unit by almost half an hour.
IT Infrastructure
Making security personal to employees and engaging future generations to rekindle the dwindling talent pool are a good start.
Electronic Health Records
Security researchers notified the open source EHR managing software of nearly 30 critical vulnerabilities – the second set of vulnerabilities found in a year.