Privacy & Security

Consumerism. Patient safety. Privacy and security and enforcement and an increase in cyberattacks will be top of mind in the next twelve months.

Akiri is developing a networking platform it says will help healthcare organizations more easily share data using blockchain.

Ananth Balasubramanian, general manager of worldwide healthcare business at Commvault, is all about data.

The policy outlined now mirrors the current position of the Joint Commission, which underwent its own series of flip-flops on the subject in 2016.

The healthcare sector is improving its cybersecurity practices but as a whole, much more needs to be done.

While Longs Peak Family Practice was investigating a Nov. 5 ransomware attack, its infosec team discovered another hack into its system on Nov. 10.

The North Korean government’s malicious activity also made it into this month’s cybersecurity report from HIMSS.

Cybersecurity has become an extremely complex field and chief information security officers need a specific body of knowledge – and a smart staff to handle the rest.

We look back at 2017 and the stories that struck a chord with readers – the new tech, policy changes and the sagas. Take a moment to reflect on a busy year. 

Center for Connected Medicine survey finds 92 percent plan to increase spending to keep IT systems safe; report also tracked potential buyers' plans in 2018 for predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and more.