Privacy & Security

CIOs are focusing on third-party risk, AI tools and HIPAA compliance and tips for HIT security at the HIMSS23 cybersecurity forum, according to Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health.

The policies that followed a pre-HIPAA workplace data breach won back patient trust, sparking his interest in cybersecurity, recounts Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Permanente Medical Group.

Healthcare providers may no longer store electronic health records offshore or rely on third-party vendors who operate offshore and have access to patient data maintained in the U.S.

These technologies can reduce the ‘data sludge’ accumulating within healthcare organizations.

A holistic artificial intelligence solution can address security-team gaps and improve overall cyber protection.

The guide's accessible cybersecurity information benefits all levels of organizations and helps improve business continuity planning and mitigating impacts, says Gerry Blass, CEO of ComplyAssistant and Frank Sinatra, CISO at Newark's University Hospital.

An investigation following the ransomware attack against HPHC, the Bay State's second-largest health insurer, identified signs that bad actors exfiltrated PPI and PHI of patients, dependents and providers.

OrthoVirginia's chief information officer talks about the 18-month remediation process after a Ryuk ransomware incident and describes how a cybersecurity road map and training drove a more comprehensive cyber hygiene strategy.

The Federal Trade Commission proposes including more vendors of personal health records that access or send unsecured PHR-identifiable data in its rule governing health data sharing and unauthorized protected health information disclosure notifications.

The Federal Trade Commission alleges the company shared personal health information with two China-based firms, Google and analytics company AppsFlyer.