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By Kat Jercich | 03:44 pm | May 19, 2021
The cyber risk platform Black Kite released a new report this week finding that one in 10 global pharmaceutical manufacturers are at a high risk of suffering a ransomware attack.
By HIMSS TV | 03:29 pm | May 18, 2021
Rita Bowen, vice president of privacy, compliance and HIM policy at MRO, discusses how the changes could affect healthcare provider organizations.
By Kat Jercich | 02:03 pm | May 17, 2021
Meanwhile, Ireland's national health service is continuing to grapple with outages of its own following a ransomware incident. 
HIMSS21
By Mike Miliard | 01:35 pm | May 17, 2021
Attendees, exhibitors, speakers and staff will need to verify that they're fully vaccinated to gain entry to the HIMSS21 campus in Las Vegas. HIMSS will offer more guidance soon on proof and validation, including potential digital apps.
By Healthcare IT News | 11:39 am | May 14, 2021
Cybersecurity expert Thanos Drougkas explains how COVID-19 has changed the threat landscape around smart hospitals - and how administrators should respond to potential attacks.
By Tammy Lovell | 11:00 am | May 14, 2021
Ireland’s health service IT system has been shut down as a precautionary measure, following a cyber attack today.
By HIMSS TV | 07:55 am | May 14, 2021
This week's top stories include a ransomware attack affecting multiple healthcare providers, insurers' concerns that telehealth reimbursement parity may lead to overutilization, and the FDA greenlighting Bigfoot's diabetes management system.
By HIMSS TV | 05:18 pm | May 13, 2021
Keys to modernization include a shift from a hardware-centric architecture to a more software-defined model and extending data to the cloud while focusing on security, says Aamir Siddiqi, VMware's director of Healthcare End User Computing.
New working realities require new frameworks, and for edge computing that's SASE. Aruba Networks' Samuel Hill breaks it all down.
By Mike Miliard | 12:37 pm | May 11, 2021
In the U.S., the VCI will issue FHIR-enabled COVID-19 vaccine certificates on iOS and Android phones and digital wallets – and paper-based copies with QR codes to help ensure health equity.