Security

Sarah Wilkinson, CEO of NHS Digital, the national body tasked with helping digitise the NHS and social care in the UK, has been awarded Chief Digital Officer 2017 by the CDO Club, the world’s largest community of C-suite digital and data leaders.

The Maryland insurer is already involved in a lawsuit stemming from a 2014 breach of about 1.1 million members.

The alliance is one of the first, if not the first, national blockchain alliances for healthcare, says Optum engineer.

Inside access control of employees a must says health law attorney Barry Herrin.

In the wake of an onslaught of cyberattacks, the agency is reminding providers that HIPAA requires organizations to have a plan to keep patient data protected.

Wlaschin also says HHS cybersecurity efforts are not as dire at they might appear.

Christopher Wlaschin is stepping down at the end of March for family reasons, but his departure comes amid controversy surrounding the abrupt removal of two cybersecurity leaders.

Cohen, Bergman, Klepper, Romano MDs left a database open to the public, containing backup data of 3 million clinical notes.

Several employee emails were breached exposing a range of patient data from Medicaid details to Social Security numbers.

The Arizona health system is cooperating with the investigation but expects to receive negative findings and a potential fine.