Privacy & Security

The data breach exposed the personal information of patients, family members and caregivers in Washington State. The number of affected individuals is still being investigated.

Anita Allen, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, says "data sharing is the new health ethic," in a preview of her keynote address at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

There are still a lot of misconceptions about the ONC rule and its requirements, says Joerg Schwarz, senior director for healthcare interoperability strategy at Infor, who offers some tips for provider organizations.

However, it will still take some time before its digital services can get back up and running.

A series of themes and proposals to help advance the digital transformation of healthcare in the Middle East and North Africa were made during the final session of the 2022 HIMSS Middle East Health Conference & Exhibition.

This is despite their increasing telehealth usage over the past year.

Under the deal, CloudWave gains Sensato's real-time network monitoring, intrusion detection and asset fingerprinting, along with a 24/7 security operations center designed for healthcare infrastructure and connected devices.

Ensuring care continuity while meeting regulatory requirements.

Around 40 million patients might have been exposed.

At the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, MITRE's Suneel Sundar, senior manager of cyber new professionals, will share insider threat learnings to help IT professionals detect, mitigate and stop insider cybersecurity threats.