Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

North America is a particularly popular target for ransomware attacks, having experienced 315 of the healthcare sector’s 379 ransomware attacks last year. 2024 is projected to also near or surpass the $10 million mark. As a Senior Director, Alexander has extensive experience in leadership roles for GRC security specialists.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ensure Security and Regulatory Compliance In healthcare, data security is paramount. In fact, 14 million patients in the US healthcare sector were affected by security breaches in 2024. The rise of AI in healthcare has introduced new attack vectors, making robust cybersecurity essential.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

To stay safe in 2024, understanding the current state of IoMT security and how to prioritize action is critical. Cyber insurers are no longer interested in bearing more responsibility for insufficient cybersecurity than the HDOs themselves—and are revising their policies accordingly. In 2024, government intervention will continue.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Read more… CIO Podcast : Health IT’s Role in Leadership. 2024 CHIME CIO of the Year Shafiq Rab at Tufts Medicine chatted with John about what projects today will have the greatest impact in 10 years , along with his advice for aspiring healthcare IT leaders.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) demonstrates a recent increase in direct vulnerability exploitation with a comparable decrease in broad phishing attacks, making attacks more targeted, sophisticated, and harder to detect.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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 increase in supply will trigger a race in virtual chronic care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. healthcare system. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. However, the workforce must be prepared for advanced technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 8, 2024

Exec Summary: Healthcare cybersecurity is a vital field safeguarding electronic patient information, medical devices, and healthcare systems from cyberattacks. Availability: Guarantees that authorised personnel can access critical healthcare systems and patient data whenever needed, preventing disruptions due to cyberattacks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Radiologist Leadership During a System Outage We are the focal point of communicationto patients, clinicians, and even our own staff, stated Dr. Chopra. In this position, radiologists need to assume more of a leadership role during disruptions to normal operations even if the disruption is caused by a cybersecurity incident.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Exec Summary: The Vive 2024 event is the premier event for Digital Health decision-makers, focusing on the business of healthcare. It will be held in Los Angeles, California from February 25 to 28, 2024. Equity and access to digital health: Addressing disparities in access to technology and ensuring inclusive healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2024

Although attackers now use generative AI to quickly create persuasive email messages, there are a lot of ways a healthcare organization can defend themselves against these attacks and it often doesn’t require AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Fast forward to 2024… The healthcare sector today is facing a cybersecurity crisis. Hospital Leaders Recognize the Reputational, Financial, and Legal Risks of Cyberattacks In addition to the operational impacts, cyberattacks bring significant financial, legal, and reputational risks to healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Check out two upcoming presentations at ViVE and HIMSS in the coming weeks, where MRO discusses strives being made in the interoperability space through a partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. InteropNow!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

An unfortunate side effect of these industry challenges is that some of the most heavily relied upon medical devices in use leverage unsupported and legacy operating systems with inherent vulnerabilities that are highly susceptible to cybersecurity threats. Failure to do so can lead to severe reputational damage and loss of trust.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2024

Healthcare Cybersecurity: A Life and Death Situation A successful cyberattack on a healthcare organization can result in a wide range of consequences. For today’s healthcare organizations, knowledge is power — and knowing what’s happening in your network is key to building cyber resilience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

As the cellular chips get much lower and lower cost, all devices are going to be integrated with cellular to truly enable home healthcare. Brian Golumbeck, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Optiv We believe that securing AI is the second thing in line behind AI.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 9, 2024

We extend our sincere congratulations to the Woebot Health team for taking home our Mental Health Innovation Award in 2024.” Woebot Health is addressing this challenge head on, standing as a mental health ally that is engaging people in their breakthrough mental health solutions at scale. For more information, visit woebothealth.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Sophisticated threat actors may seek to attack these more vulnerable partners as an entry point into healthcare networks. For example, the Change Healthcare breach earlier this year demonstrates how threat actors target hubs that branch into multiple organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2024

A Growing Threat Based on last year’s activity, in which organizations saw massive increases in DDoS attacks compared to 2022, cybersecurity experts anticipate the number to continue trending upward in 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Yuval Wollman, Chief Cyber Officer at UST Many healthcare organizations today are implementing several critical measures to enhance cybersecurity, especially in light of incidents like the recent Change Healthcare attack in February 2024. A significant shift is necessary to combat increasingly sophisticated attacks.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

The healthcare threat landscape underscores the critical importance of safeguarding patient data and protecting digital health ecosystems against cyber threats such as unauthorized access, account takeover (ATO), and internal misuse. While implementing new identity security may seem daunting, the benefits are clear.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Trevor Dearing, Director of Critical Infrastructure Solutions at Illumio We’re not even halfway through 2024, and the healthcare industry has already suffered over 250 breaches that exposed the sensitive health information of over 32 million individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2024

On Friday, July 19th, 2024, CrowdStrike had a major outage. Many businesses and organizations came to an abrupt halt as all systems using CrowdStrike received the infamous blue screen of death. There are many lessons here even for those fortunate enough to not be impacted by this event or the vendor at the center of it.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

What I did learn is that it seems Oracle Health is pushing their partners and users to instead attend the Oracle Health Summit happening October 29-30, 2024 in Nashville, TN. More on why that event is going to be big later and why I’m sad Colin will be there covering it for Healthcare IT Today instead of me.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. 2024 will likely see continued hype regarding A.I.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. More patients have been exposed to AI than ever before, as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2024

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