Security

The more advanced organizations are adjusting their security postures, with security leaders working more closely with executives, according to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's annual State of Security Operations Report.

We’re inviting security professionals and experts from provider and payer organizations, as well as government agencies and academic institutions to speak at the upcoming event. 

We talked to four security experts to garner insights on changes that must be made within the healthcare industry to avoid repeating 2016's cybersecurity mishaps.

The Personal Connected Health Alliance and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will co-host a daylong event to focus on using Blockchain for interoperability and security purposes. 

President-elect Donald Trump appointed former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani as an informal cybersecurity advisor, the presidential transition office announced Jan. 12. He also recently met with two contenders to head the National Institutes of Health.

Atop the list: Emerging EHR functionality, cybersecurity, analytics and, of course, the next big thing.

Amid the evolving threat landscape healthcare organizations face today, HIMSS said the command center to empower professionals and instill them with optimism, where applicable.

The app enables clinicians to avoid multiple sign-ons and re-authentications within an EHR when accessing data from third-party sources. 

The organizations aim to advance the secure exchange of health information and will start by focusing on data related to oncology.

After suing the two companies who claimed St. Jude’s cardiac devices had severe vulnerabilities that put patients at risk, the organization released security patches for the devices this week.