Privacy & Security

Meanwhile, Ireland's national health service is continuing to grapple with outages of its own following a ransomware incident. 

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.

Cybersecurity expert Thanos Drougkas explains how COVID-19 has changed the threat landscape around smart hospitals - and how administrators should respond to potential attacks.

Ireland’s health service IT system has been shut down as a precautionary measure, following a cyber attack today.

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.

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.

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.

At least five healthcare providers were affected by the incident, which occurred in February.

Deep Dive: With ransomware attacks now the top security risk facing healthcare organizations, as cybercriminals' tactics evolve in dangerous ways, security professionals offer tips and best practices for safeguarding against the threat.