Privacy & Security

Take our quick survey and we’ll report the results back so you can learn about what your peers are seeing in terms of breaches, hacks and other cybersecurity events. 

As seen with Nuance and the Allscripts lawsuit, when a breach or cyber incident occurs – like ransomware or network outage – an organization can face serious ramifications for failing to be transparent about what happened.

New HIMSS Media research outlines hospitals’ top security concerns, ranks ways they’re addressing the problem and pinpoints who builds strategy and policy.

This case study looks at a health information network that has gone from zero uniquely identified patients to 7.6 million – and nearly all major health systems statewide are set to participate in its Common Key Service.

During October, we talk to infosec executives and experts about the problems and practical steps to securing sensitive data, advice about what to do after a security incident, and a look at emerging trends.

It's time to think creatively when designing to secure the human rather than securing technology, said the former star of the CBS series Hunted.

The software giant will enable caregivers to communicate and integrate with EHR systems.

Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital let ABC film a documentary on site without obtaining patient authorization.

An employee uploaded a file containing member information to a public-facing website in April, but officials did not discover the error until July.

Drafted by the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre, the guidance provides insight into preventing phishing attacks, bolstering third-party management and other security threats.