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By Kat Jercich | 10:12 am | June 01, 2021
The company points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.
By Thiru Gunasegaran | 04:50 am | May 27, 2021
The Privacy Commission has warned all DHBs to fix security issues within their systems or face prosecution.
HIMSS21 Europe
By Ruggiero Corcella | 02:51 am | May 27, 2021
Italian digital health stakeholders, including leading CIOs and industry experts, will contribute to a debate around cybersecurity and pandemic recovery as they look to a world beyond COVID-19 at the upcoming HIMSS21 European health conference.
By Kat Jercich | 12:05 pm | May 26, 2021
President and CEO Chris Van Gorder said in a statement that he anticipates restoration of the system's electronic health record this week.
By Kat Jercich | 01:28 pm | May 25, 2021
The bug allowed providers to access the scheduling vendor's system after their usernames and passwords were intended to be limited.
By Kat Jercich | 12:50 pm | May 24, 2021
The agency said it had identified at least 16 incidents over the last year aimed at healthcare and first-responder systems.
By Thiru Gunasegaran | 04:34 am | May 24, 2021
The statement was published today as part of the organisation's latest update regarding a cyberattack on Tuesday.
By Kat Jercich | 12:18 pm | May 21, 2021
While the organization's website is now accessible, along with some "read-only" medical records, its patient portal is still down.
By HIMSS TV | 10:29 am | May 21, 2021
This week's top stories include a cyberattack that led to a network outage at Scripps Health, the HRSA telling six drugmakers they're in violation of the 340B statute and Google giving a sneak peek into its new AI dermatology assistant.
By Kat Jercich | 05:04 pm | May 20, 2021
Conservative individuals were less supportive of using digital data to mitigate transmission than moderate or liberal ones.