Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We asked them – with this ongoing era of increasing cyber threats, what measures are organizations implementing or should be implementing to strengthen the cybersecurity of healthcare systems and protect patient data ? Healthcare organizations must find a way to develop more proactivity in their cybersecurity approach.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The following is a guest article by Shawn Fergason, Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Technology Services at MediQuant Securing healthcare data archiving is not just good practice – it’s essential for safeguarding confidential patient information and should be a cornerstone of a healthcare organization’s cybersecurity program.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

The following is a guest article by Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO at ClearDATA The recent Cybersecurity concept paper from HHS, while a gesture towards progress, falls critically short of what’s imperative in today’s climate. This isn’t just about data; it’s about lives. The time for half-measures is over.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC). That said, the industry as a whole needs to find new ways to share data where the economics and the values are balanced.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 19, 2023

With the increasing reliance on technology in the healthcare industry, the risk of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations is a growing concern. According to a report from the Ponemon Institute/IBM Security, healthcare data breaches are rising, with the average data breach cost now totaling $6.45

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2020

The 21st Century CURES Act Final Rule is a major change for healthcare data interchange. The reason being is because patients are now entitled to use Application Programming Interfaces to download their health data into their application of choice.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Surveys A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data. Hawai’i HIE chose 4medica to assist with data quality improvement.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Digital health companies on the list include AngelEye Health , Authenticx , DAS Health , FarmboxRX , ixlayer , Mytonomy , Reveleer , TigerConnect , TimelyCare , Valenz Health , Veda , and Vytalize Health. ZeOmega integrated its Jiva SDOH Social Care solution with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2024

Read more… A Guide to Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity. Read more… Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024. Read more… Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients. Read more… This Week’s Health IT Jobs for April 24, 2024.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Healthcare providers (HCPs) have an obligation to protect the sensitive data of their patients. As the use of technology in healthcare increases, so does the risk of unauthorized exposure of healthcare data. By utilizing these services, HCPs can ensure that their patient data remains secure and confidential.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The following is a guest article by Anthony Murray, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. While the vision of seamless data exchange promises improved patient care and streamlined operations, the journey is not without its hurdles.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to worry about cybersecurity for healthcare. Instead with how deeply personal and important the information and data that we hold is in the world of healthcare, we need to be prepared for the absolute worst. This leads up to NIST-approved data protection at the record-level.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

We reached out to our network of security experts to get their opinions and perpsectives on the Ascension ransomware attack and what healthcare should learn from it. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

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. Laurel Williams, M.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sriram Rajagopalan , Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra Today’s most significant risk regarding security and privacy issues in health services is consumers’ need for more awareness of personal health information. Encrypt data and backup your data frequently to avoid having your data lost.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

News CHIME provided some clarity on the Smart Hospital Maturity Model initiative , noting it’s meant to “complement and enhance” the existing Digital Health Most Wired Program. The organization also announced CHIME is joining the Federation for Informatics Professionals in Health and Care in the United Kingdom.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2024

On one side, integrating technology into healthcare delivery has unlocked new heights in patient care and operational efficiency. On the other, it has exposed these companies to a gamut of cyber threats, making them prime targets for data breaches and ransomware attacks. The stakes are exceptionally high in healthtech.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is because health data continues to move away from the barriers of manual approach and towards online platforms. 2023 will see hacks against health care institutions increase through their video conferencing platforms. The most valuable commodity today is data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2020

New research has concluded that healthcare CIOs see analyzing social determinants of health data as a top priority going forward, along with tackling data interoperability and cybersecurity. Focus group leads asked the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

There are 7 organizations that have been designated by the office of the national coordinator as QHINs and they are sharing data now. I want to hear how people are going to be using the data to drive those sort of innovations in their organizations.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Potential Key Talking Points for the Vive Digital Health Event 2024: Industry Trends: Data-driven healthcare: Leveraging data analytics for personalized medicine, population health management, and clinical decision support. Specific Topics: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, AR/VR, and the metaverse in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

This means ensuring better alignment on objectives (cost vs growth vs clinical vs satisfaction), it means operational work to evolve human processes and workflows, it means systems work to break down data silos and connect different data sets in real-time, and it means culture changes among administrators and practitioners.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hospital leaders will invest in innovative, scalable and affordable options which provide a broad range of real-time data sources in one vertical view to their clinicians, allowing for more relevant and meaningful patient interaction. Christian Hardahl, Global Health Care Solutions Manager at SAS Patients push to own their health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2021

In many areas of health IT, experimentation is good and may ultimately be to the benefit of users. On the other hand, when it comes to telehealth security, it’s looking more and more as though establishing routine practices and following security best practices is a good idea. At present, there’s still a lot of ways […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

citizens and their DNA data. Undeniably, the Chinese government poses a broad and growing threat to critical infrastructure , which includes healthcare and the public health sector, and the sensitive data of American citizens. Once it is exposed, this personal biological information remains vulnerable forever.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

There are more medical devices and wearables than ever before, producing massive amounts of continuous, robust data. This is key to informing the development of predictive and preventive solutions that support a patient’s understanding of what is going on inside their body – enabling them to better manage their own health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

“If data is everywhere, how do you protect it?” This thought has been on my mind well before the Change Healthcare hacks (that’s plural) with which U.S. health care stakeholders are still dealing as this post goes live on the Health Populi blog. Finally, we’ll post the last third of our conversation.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 7, 2024

That’s where Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Real-Time Health Data Streaming come in. These technologies are revolutionizing modern healthcare, making it easier to manage chronic health conditions through EHR data integration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Consulting which looked into the cybersecurity landscape of the region and how policies and other measures apply in the rising remote care segment. WHY IT MATTERS Healthcare cybersecurity frameworks across APAC nations, the report noted, are "not fully adapted" to remote care solutions nor are these harmonised across jurisdictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. "Cybersecurity isn’t always a priority when it comes to healthcare, but it should be. "Large U.S. But with that boom, say experts, comes risk.

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