Security

The master keys for the ransomware strain Dharma – a Crysis variant – were released on the security website BleepingComputer on March 1.

The External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit, free for members, includes checklists for HIPAA audit steps, a list of potential documents OCR could request and a master policy template for the privacy and security compliance program. 

While the number of flaws has decreased from year to year, HHS still needs to work on identity and access management, security training and incident response, among other areas.

The streamlined assessment framework aims to help physician practices and others better manage HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity preparedness.

At a pivotal moment for healthcare, it's time to reform regulatory approaches, improve access to data for care coordination and establish a national patient ID, says John Halamka, MD, who offers some perspective to CMS and ONC on the future of MACRA, interoperability and more.  

The security, analytics and cloud infrastructure vendor has launched Active Insights, which aims to provide healthcare organizations with a secure, integrated approach to managing medical devices.

The research and consulting firm offers healthcare organizations cybersecurity guidance as 2017 shapes up to be an uncertain year.

The new software-as-a-service application connects referring physicians to registered imaging provider order lists, bringing clarity to proper exam selection and reimbursement coding, the vendor says.

There could be as many different wrap-ups on HIMSS17 as there were people there – over 42,000.

The engine provides an automated scored assessment that enables IT to understand how network changes may impact compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards.