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Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:46 pm | June 19, 2017
Microsoft has released new patches for Microsoft XP and Server 2003 systems while DHS pointed to an increase in North Korean cyber activity.
EHR
By Mike Miliard | 02:29 pm | June 19, 2017
Large public HIE connects with InterSystems to private health system networks for more comprehensive patient data sharing.
Cloud Computing
By Bernie Monegain | 12:37 pm | June 19, 2017
Healthcare is likely to receive plenty of attention, especially following reports last week that Apple is working on technology that would gather personal health records on the iPhone.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:08 pm | June 19, 2017
A safe containing a hard drive with the backup of the university’s Social and Economic Sciences Research Center was stolen in April.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 02:03 pm | June 16, 2017
The healthcare administrative services and IT provider took over a year to notify 220,000 individuals of a breach to its website. HHS is determining if it’s a HIPAA-covered business associate.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 11:44 am | June 16, 2017
Greg Touhill left the position in February after the Trump transition. The President has left the position, which Obama rated in 2016, thus far vacant.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 11:28 am | June 16, 2017
Spam filters are one thing, but if a hacker takes over an e-mail domain, spoofing and phishing can become precise and dangerous. But there are tools available that can help.
Electronic Health Records
By Gus Venditto | 05:16 pm | June 15, 2017
The ride-sharing service is charged with defaming a woman and obtaining her records without authorization.
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
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.