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Healthcare Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. The most valuable commodity today is data.

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

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Colin Hung spoke to Marcus Perez at Altera Digital Health about helping providers solve cash flow and throughput challenges today while planning for care-at-home and other initiatives to support future business growth. Read more… Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity. million Series A funding round.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

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ZeOmega integrated its Jiva SDOH Social Care solution with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. AVIA added RUSH, MUSC Health, and United Regional Health Care System to its network. Health Plan Alliance selected 1upHealth as its preferred health data interoperability vendor.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data.

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3 Ways to Improve Patient Payments Data Security and Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

For example, a recent survey of 1,200 consumers revealed that 95% of patients expressed concern about the possibility of data breaches affecting their medical information, according to Health Gorilla. A Growing Concern for Providers For healthcare providers, data breaches are also a major potential dilemma.

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Vendor Management and Data Security: Strengthening Your Weakest Link

Healthcare IT Today

Unfortunately, vital third-party “business associates” like these accounted for nine out of ten of the largest data breaches in healthcare in 2022 as well as the two breaches in 2023 whose “individuals affected” dwarfed the rest of the list (Health EC LLC and ESO Solutions, Inc.).

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Navigating Cyber Threats: Cost-Effective Cybersecurity for Healthtech

Healthcare IT Today

The sector’s unique vulnerabilities stem from the highly sensitive nature of health data. Unfortunately, if that data is compromised, it can devastate patient privacy and company reputations. Recent statistics underscore the situation’s severity; more than 50 million patient records were compromised in 2023.