Privacy & Security

"Healthcare IT leaders need to understand the broad range of technologies at use across a hospital and assess which of these systems and machines they would detect attacks against, and where they would be blind."

The health system's manager of information security previews his upcoming HIMSS21 session, discussing the device ecosystem and best practices to defend it.

In one of the biggest breaches reported to OCR in months, unauthorized parties reportedly accessed files that may have included names, dates of birth and insurance plan member ID numbers, among other information.

Glitch means people can obtain a pass by entering fake test results into the system. 

A survey of nearly 2,000 technology execs found they expected to see a boost in funding for digital infrastructure – as well as a continuation of work-from-home policies. 

The Utah-based health system was the latest to feel the effects of the cyberattack on cancer software vendor Elekta.  

It averages 4,500 telehealth encounters per month and has not had a single security lapse or data breach in the eight years it has been using the EHR-integrated telehealth solution.

Lean on experts in both clinical care and biomedical device security to explore the ins and outs of data utility.

In the final installment of our pandemic lessons learned feature series, four health IT leaders also stress the importance of a sound digital foundation, texting best practices and "super speed."

Announcement comes as the UAE capital prepares to enter another partial lockdown ahead of the Eid Al-Adha holidays.