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Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

Health Populi

Privacy and cybersecurity ranked the second highest priority to hospitals and healthcare providers polled in HIMSS 2018 Healthcare Leadership Survey. In January 2018, over 400,000 patient records were breached. The second bar chart shows records breached by month from August 2017 through January 2018.

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Health IT and Vegas: Made for Each Other

Digital Health

I was in Las Vegas at HIMSS this last week, which, for the uninitiated, is a veritable orgy of health information technology (HIT). Someone from HIMSS leadership told me that over 42,000 people had shown up and they were expecting closer to 45,000. It’s a long way from 1998, I’ll tell you. Back then HIT […].

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Apple Health Records 2025

Lloyd Price

Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. It allows users to securely store and access their medical information from various healthcare providers, such as hospitals and clinics. 2019: Expansion to include more healthcare providers and institutions.

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Bupa Arabia backs Dubai’s Okadoc with investment and strategic partnership

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“The partnership comes in line with the aspirations of the [Saudi] Ministry of Health, the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance [CCHI], and the Central Bank [SAMA] in driving digital transformation in the sector in accordance with the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.” ” THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

In the 2018 mid-term elections, U.S. voters were driven to polls with health care on their minds. The key issues for health care voters were costs (for care and prescription drugs) and access (read: protecting pre-existing conditions and expanding Medicaid). Issue #2 for 2018 voters was the economy. In the U.S.,

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

In an era where the HHS itself notes a 93% increase in large healthcare data breaches from 2018 to 2022, as well as a 278% increase in those that involve ransomware, suggesting “voluntary cybersecurity goals” is akin to applying a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. THE PROBLEM.