Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This week Healthcare IT Today will be attending the ViVE Conference happening in Nashville. For those not familiar with the event, it’s a partnership between HLTH and CHIME that brings together some of the best healthcare CIOs and other healthcare executives at one great event.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

As health system CEOs and physician practice leaders, the past few years have underscored the vital importance of preparation for unforeseen events as a cornerstone for survival and success,” said Stephen K. Together, alongside our healthcare practitioners, we’re able to confront these issues head-on. Klasko, M.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Raj Chopra is the Chief Medical Officer at Merge Merative , a company that offers a wide range of imaging solutions to healthcare organizations. When an event happens and there is no communication. With this level of preparedness, Merge Merative is aiming to support its customers during a cybersecurity/downtime incident.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

Assessing business functions, addressing vulnerabilities, and developing contingencies cannot be viewed as a one-time event or an inconvenience done to check a box. Stakeholders across every part of your organization need to embrace the value of awareness and repetition.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the lunch lines, the crowds between sessions, and in the aisles of the exhibit hall, attendees were talking about the vulnerability of healthcare’s technology infrastructure and the increasing threat posed by cybercriminals and hostile nations. John Lynn and I cover this topic an upcoming topic of our Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s new approaches and ideas like these that will build a skilled workforce that is ready to protect the healthcare delivery system from existing and future cybersecurity threats. Here I agree – we can use all the help we can get.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today has been a partner with the HCP Conferences for a while now, but this week was the first time I was able to attend in person. The event has a unique reverse expo format where the health IT professionals sit at tables and the vendors go around visiting the tables. Good approach to cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

So, as healthcare embraces digital transformation, what considerations and safeguards are in place to address potential vulnerabilities in connected medical devices and IoT within the healthcare ecosystem? We reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community with this question and the following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. About Ryan Witt Ryan Witt is a healthcare cybersecurity leader at the cybersecurity company Proofpoint.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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. Research shows cybersecurity events are a top-of-mind issue for executives.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

Services should include: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Dark Web Monitoring Vulnerability & Threat Management Log messages are the most useful data type to collect.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2024

All because of one faulty update, mass amounts of flights were delayed and canceled, businesses such as banks or news broadcasts were forced to temporarily close, and most importantly, vital operations such as government agencies, emergency services, and healthcare organizations were also impacted. The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity. Addressing Current Pain Points and Building Capacity for Future Needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

CloudWave , the expert in healthcare data security, announced the company has acquired Sensato Cybersecurity. As a managed cloud service provider to hundreds of hospitals, CloudWave has witnessed how devastating a cyber event can be to healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights into this matter. 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 ?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This event brings together Oracle’s users and partners in once place and provides a venue for the company to make big announcements about what’s happening at Oracle. The event was being held at the Venetian conference center and Caesar’s Forum. Especially since it was a short 20 min drive to the event for me.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2023

Making users aware of what the adversary is doing, testing their awareness, and practicing what to do in the event of an incident must become standard behaviors in the work environment. This includes all levels in the organization including the board of directors, partners, and all stakeholders in the success of business.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Now that adopting top technologies is a universally understood truth in the world of healthcare, only one question remains – What are the top technologies that healthcare organizations need to implement to improve their security posture? The following is what they had to share.

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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. The event will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and an expo hall showcasing the latest digital health technologies and solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. Updating cybersecurity software regularly is essential against digital threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2024

In the unfortunate event a provider is hacked, their ability to care for their patients may be compromised, patient privacy is at risk, and their reputations within their local communities are damaged.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Given the vast quantities of data stored in each of these systems, it can be difficult for teams to reliably monitor all access events and suspicious activities. This means healthcare entities must develop autonomous threat detection programs to assist staff in securing sensitive PHI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

The following is a guest article by Brian Selfridge, Healthcare Cybersecurity & Risk Leader at CORL Technologies. In 2023, healthcare organizations face an impossible paradox. On the one hand, they have no choice but to rely on third-party vendors––the ongoing digitization of healthcare would be impossible without them.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Cyber Security Architect position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Moffitt Cancer Center and is Remote.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This was a really great event because it had basically everyone on the full continuum of interoperability and identity all in one place. Plus, the event was designed in a way that you could easily connect and talk with a wide variety of experts in these areas. More details to come soon.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the event cyber protections fail, patient data can be exposed — violating compliance laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which carries sizable fines — and brings significant operational consequences. They’re already on the same team. The stakes are high to succeed.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Finally, it is important to understand that all of these best practices must not be approached at a fixed point in time or a one-time event, but rather as a continuous process. Proactive risk and vulnerability management is a form of threat prevention, and prevention is the best medicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Lesson 2: Don’t Get Caught Negotiating Liability After a Breach has Occurred, Contracting is the Critical Stage for Negotiating Liability Considering the resources on the line in the event of a breach—currently a total average cost of $10.1

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

healthcare workers found that 22% said their organization doesn’t strictly enforce cybersecurity protocols , while 31% said they weren’t sure what to do in the event a security breach takes place. A recent Salesforce survey of 400 U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How can we maintain operations even in the event of recurring attacks? This is the right track for every industry, but especially so for healthcare. The recent attack is just the latest to show that cybercriminals won’t stop targeting healthcare organizations anytime soon. That’s plain reality.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. Be sure to check out all of Healthcare IT Today’s other 2024 healthcare IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2024

In other words, how likely will this event happen, and how much will it hurt? Once identified, these risks should be prioritized based on their likelihood of occurring and the potential severity of their consequences. Mitigating these risks requires a comprehensive approach. Implementing safeguards against device malfunctions is crucial.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Lessons Learned – Preventing Further Incidents As data-rich entities with countless systems, portals, and networks available for cybercriminals to exploit, healthcare organizations will always be a prime target for hackers. About Chuck Suitor Chuck Suitor is a healthcare information technology executive with over 35 years of experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Additionally, offerings like cyber insurance can help offset some of the cost to companies in the event of an attack, but like any insurance, the best policy is the one an organization doesn’t need to fall back on.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Seamless access to data from multiple locations and devices is crucial as this facilitates better collaboration and efficiency among healthcare professionals. In the event of a data loss or system failure, healthcare institutions should prioritize having robust backup and recovery systems in place to ensure the continuity of patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. To support these efforts, we expect healthcare IT leaders to adopt new approaches to network management, including AI-enhanced monitoring (AIOps) and observability.

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