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By Mike Miliard | 11:08 am | August 27, 2015
More than 80 percent of healthcare CIOs, CTOs and other security leaders polled by KPMG say their organizations have been victimized by at least one cyberattack in the past two years -- and many still feel like sitting ducks.
By Mike Miliard | 07:34 am | August 26, 2015
Offering a novel approach to a complex security challenge, Imprivata on Tuesday introduced PatientSecure, a patient identification platform that uses palm vein biometrics to link patients with their EHRs.
By Erin McCann | 12:03 pm | August 21, 2015
What happens when a healthcare organization's employees are found to have been inappropriately accessing patient medical records? The actions of one health system might serve as an example.
By Erin McCann | 11:56 am | August 18, 2015
A state health agency is mailing out HIPAA breach notification letters after a technical glitch sent out letters containing protected health information to the wrong recipients.
By John Andrews | 09:10 am | August 18, 2015
Stage 3 of meaningful use is shaping up to be the most challenging and detailed level yet for healthcare providers. Among the elements that warrant attention are quality reporting, clinical decision support and security risk analysis.
By Erin McCann | 12:01 pm | August 17, 2015
An appellate court has cleared Advocate Medical Group of wrongdoing in a class action lawsuit alleging the organization failed to protect patient data following a massive HIPAA data breach.
By Mike Miliard | 11:27 am | August 17, 2015
CA Technologies, the systems software developer, announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Xceedium, a maker of privileged identity management tools.
By Tom Sullivan | 08:48 am | August 12, 2015
Security vendor says selling the storage unit will enable it to renew focus on core technologies for healthcare and other industries.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:58 am | August 07, 2015
Even if they weren't originally looking for protected health information, we learned from the Sony attack that cybercriminals still might steal medical records while they're inside the network.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:54 am | August 07, 2015
Texas Health Resources has appointed Joey Sudomir as senior vice president, innovative technology solutions and chief information officer.