Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2025

Key steps include segmenting networks to keep sensitive data separate, controlling data movement, and using access controls like role-based permissions and security groups. Fortunately, many best practices for cloud security mirror those used for on-site systems. Third-party vendor risks are another critical security concern.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

In this video, two cybersecurity experts advise healthcare organizations not to fret over AI and advanced attacks, but to shore up the “basic fundamentals”: training against phishing attacks, practicing responses to attacks, and proven cyber technologies. Figure out who is most likely to be attacked. Some help is coming.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Two-thirds of of healthcare cybersecurity decision makers said senior leadership teams continues to underestimate cyberthreats to their organization , according to a survey from Google subsidiary Mandiant. Regional group purchasing organization United Iroquois Shared Services chose SpendMend for cost optimization.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Matt Murren, Co-Founder and CEO at True North Modern healthcare groups depend on dozens of vendors, from EHR and other software companies to imaging services and medical device manufacturers. Healthcare groups are no stranger to issues of liability.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2025

However, achieving true de-identification in healthcare is complex due to the detailed nature of medical data, and re-identification risks must be carefully managed.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

In search of an answer to this question, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community at HIMSS 24. Steve Gravely, Founder and CEO at Gravely Group For me, it’s all about TEFCA. Brian Golumbeck, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Optiv We believe that securing AI is the second thing in line behind AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. For example, a report from Sophos found that 66% of healthcare organizations reported ransomware attacks last year, jumping from 34% in 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Moreover, healthcare providers are considered to be critical infrastructure , which includes systems and assets vital to national security, economic stability, public health, and safety. Cyberattacks in the healthcare sector can cause widespread disruption, attracting both criminal groups and state-sponsored attackers.

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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. The focus group study, which was conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, involved bringing together a group of CIOs who were members of CHIME.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It’s amazing how many examples there are in healthcare where we don’t listen to patients. ” This group is growing as technology empowers them. Fox offered some really practical insights into what a healthcare organization can do to better listen to patients. What do you think of these 4 suggestions?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2024

hospitals were targeted by a Russian hacktivist group , including Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania, and Atlanticare in New Jersey. Financial agency Fitch Ratings warned that hospitals could face repercussions from successful cyberattacks following a spate of DDoS attacks last year. Over a dozen U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2024

Furthermore, exploring alternatives to traditional cyber insurance, such as captive insurance or risk retention groups, presents an innovative way to manage risks and costs. These measures include regular backups, MFA, updated networks and systems, employee training, and so on.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

The threat actor behind the Ascension breach, Black Basta, is a Russia-backed ransomware-as-a-service group known for exploiting known vulnerabilities and executing spear phishing attacks to gain initial access into target systems.

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

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

United Healthcare (Change Healthcare’s parent company) estimates mitigating the damage could cost up to $1.6 That doesn’t include the $22 million in bitcoin as ransom Change Healthcare paid to BlackCat, the ransomware group responsible for the attack.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Security and Privacy Ali Davis, SVP at Zeno Group After a global cyberattack targeted multiple government agencies, including the HHS, it’s clear that healthcare-related information is valuable to attackers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 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. While there are many discussions and pilots happening currently, 2024 will be the year we see both of these groups push their institutions for real-life implementations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

looking back and looking forward to the future of cybersecurity in health care and some wisdom to help us manage that future world of risks. For highly regulated industries like healthcare, cybersecurity and data protection go hand in hand. COVID had completely isolated a group of our employees who needed community.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2024

The following is a guest article by Mary Lou Prevost, Group VP at Splunk Recently, we’ve witnessed a global increase of cyberattacks across the healthcare sector, including insurance providers, hospitals, and other services critical to maintaining health. The only solution is to establish a posture of cyber resilience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The numbers are staggering: The healthcare sector reported 249 ransomware attacks to the FBI last year, more than any other sector In the last six months alone, U.S. Ensure Effective Communications Flow Amongst CISOs, C-Suite, and Boards Cybersecurity attacks against healthcare organizations are whole-of-business issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 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. In 2024, healthcare organizations will turn to vendors to facilitate robust data analysis and reporting of SDOH findings.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Chuck Suitor, Strategic Advisor – Healthcare at ColorTokens , and former Chief Technology Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center Earlier this year, Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, fell victim to a cyber-attack executed by BlackCat/ALPHV, a widely known cybercrime threat actor group.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2024

The CrowdStrike outage also highlights the importance of testing software before deploying it on all systems at once – techniques like canary deployments, where updates are rolled out to a small group first, could have minimized the impact.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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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. V28 will create mayhem for well-established at-risk groups who have RAFs at 2+. Technology will be leveraged more to reduce preventable errors.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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