Privacy & Security

At the HIMSS22 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, chief information security officers from Cleveland Clinic, ChristianaCare and Intermountain described their priorities for digital transformation even as the security threats get more challenging.

The fact that Congress has maintained the controversial rider in its FY22 budget will hamper recent encouraging progress on a national strategy on patient identification and matching, the group says.

The spending package, which now heads to the Senate, includes provisions regarding telehealth's originating site, eligible telemedicine practitioners and audio-only care.

The cloud offers myriad benefits that enable improved patient experience, cost efficiencies, better security and actionable insights.

Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency flagged a pair of device vulnerabilities and a "highly sophisticated" attack affected the records of 213K individuals.

Responding to what they say is a "critical time" for cybersecurity, the two companies plan to build an "end-to-end security operations suite" by integrating Mandiant Advantage SaaS platform with the Google Cloud security portfolio.

Chris Bowen, CISO and founder of ClearDATA, offers provider CISOs and CIOs advice in a wide-ranging interview with Healthcare IT News.

Healthcare organizations are looking beyond point solutions for the agility to address unexpected challenges.

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.