Privacy & Security

The health system is building out the portfolio of mission-critical apps and services it can manage for hospitals moving those into the cloud.

The penalty highlights the need for healthcare providers to thoroughly vet third-party vendors to ensure security best practices.

CIOs are acutely aware of the security complications medical devices and telehealth bring.

Doctors and clinicians should stake a voice in the blockchain discourse now because there are consequences for not doing so.

Sarah Wilkinson, CEO of NHS Digital, the national body tasked with helping digitise the NHS and social care in the UK, has been awarded Chief Digital Officer 2017 by the CDO Club, the world’s largest community of C-suite digital and data leaders.

The Maryland insurer is already involved in a lawsuit stemming from a 2014 breach of about 1.1 million members.

The alliance is one of the first, if not the first, national blockchain alliances for healthcare, says Optum engineer.

Inside access control of employees a must says health law attorney Barry Herrin.

In the wake of an onslaught of cyberattacks, the agency is reminding providers that HIPAA requires organizations to have a plan to keep patient data protected.

Wlaschin also says HHS cybersecurity efforts are not as dire at they might appear.