Privacy & Security

Representatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs said that there are no known patient safety issues because of the issue, but records may have been affected.

At HIMSS22, an infosec leader from Visiting Nurse Services of New York will describe the special risk mitigation efforts it has deployed as it undergoes organizational change and builds a secure IT system for the future.

Stuart Hanson, CEO of Avaneer Health, discusses healthcare's hesitancy to adopt blockchain, highlights some of its best potential use cases and predicts what might be next for distributed ledger technology in 2022 and beyond.

Fears that healthcare IT systems could be vulnerable to attack. 

The American Hospital Association raised concerns that health systems could be targeted directly or experience collateral damage.

This week's top stories include HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center cautioning about potential cybersecurity risks of EHRs, and, in a show of bipartisan support, more than 60 U.S. Senators ask the CMS to keep MA rates stable.  

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Intermountain and HIMSS discuss the top threats to information security – and describe how this key public-private partnership can enable more collaborative and consistent risk mitigation.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence published its final guidance this week on securing telehealth and remote patient monitoring ecosystems.

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center published a threat brief outlining common threats to electronic health records, including phishing attacks, malware and cloud threats.

This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic ceasing the scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital's response to COVID-19-related social media posts that accused providers of murder.