Privacy & Security

Healthcare organizations often face challenges with interoperability and cybersecurity regulations – but they can pivot to make those mandates part of their strategic road map, says Drew Ivan, chief strategy officer at Rhapsody.

A software patch is available to prevent cybersecurity threats to patient care, genomic data and provider networks from software vulnerabilities in Illumina's benchtop and production-scale genomic sequencing instruments.

While stakeholders agree the new interoperability and decision support rules could improve quality outcomes, some note that significant up-front commitment is needed for health IT developers while providers still document care with unstructured data.

Security professionals must protect networks while avoiding burdensome access controls.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf discusses an increasingly international global conference – with digital health innovators from around the world gathering to tackle key challenges around health equity, population health, cybersecurity, AI and more.

Insiders and thought leaders in the healthcare industry focus on AI, cybersecurity, health equity and other current topics at the HIMSS23 Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.

"This is where all of the staff in our hospital start to become cyber first responders. They know what to look for, they know who to call, and they know what to do," said Nate Lesser, VP and CISO at Children's National Hospital, at HIMSS23.

The past five to 10 years have brought a major shift in how healthcare organizations have been forced to think about their cybersecurity.

An El Paso-based health information exchange looked at how centralized data was of value to patient outcomes and improved provider stakeholder engagement and growth.