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Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:02 pm | October 12, 2017
Patient Home Monitoring failed to lock down public access to its online server, exposing personal data of 150,000 patients.
Privacy & Security
By Barry Herrin | 11:52 am | October 12, 2017
Since before 2013, hospitals and other healthcare facilities knew that falls were a serious problem, and massive resources were marshalled to reduce or prevent patient falls.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:35 pm | October 10, 2017
Hundreds of gigabytes of data were exposed when the tech giant accidentally left four of its AWS S3 buckets open to the public.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 10:21 am | October 09, 2017
The lessons learned at the final MHS Genesis EHR pilot can prove valuable as the VA moves closer to securing its own Cerner contract.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 03:44 pm | October 06, 2017
With more attacks coming, and the domain name system being at the center of it all, hospitals should be careful about handling web and email domains, FarSight Security says.
Privacy & Security
By Bernie Monegain | 02:14 pm | October 06, 2017
At the same time, Regenstrief has launched a five-year effort that it hopes can help solve the problem.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 01:45 pm | October 06, 2017
Hundreds of recommendations about deficiencies in security controls have been made, but many have yet to be implemented.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 04:29 pm | October 05, 2017
The hospital's information security department has established a Cyber Student Staffing Program for recruiting students to be future cybersecurity workers.
Connected Health
By Bill Siwicki | 12:03 pm | October 05, 2017
Segmented networks, authorization protocols, device behavior are a few strategies that execs should adopt today.
Compliance
By Leontina Postelnicu | 11:12 am | October 05, 2017
Chief Inspector of Hospitals Professor Ted Baker has said Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust should be placed into special measures after failing to make improvements.