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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"These devices enable remote connections between patients and healthcare providers while reducing contact, ultimately helping to limit the spread of COVID-19," they said. they also create data security and privacy risks as malicious actors attempt to infiltrate the devices to obtain health information."

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

Health Populi

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. JSK: What’s your origin story with health information security? For highly regulated industries like healthcare, cybersecurity and data protection go hand in hand.

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Morphisec Releases 2019 Consumer Healthcare Cybersecurity Threat Index

Electronic Health Reporter

Morphisec released findings from the 2019 Morphisec Consumer Healthcare: Cybersecurity Threat Index. population, to get their perspective and understanding of the threatscape surrounding the healthcare industry, and how attackers are targeting their personal health information.

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Guide to a Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Stance

Healthcare IT Today

The Cost of a Cybersecurity Breach Cybersecurity at its core is a way to protect valuable data and personal identifiable information (PII), such as credit card information, social security numbers, tax records, and more.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions And now, check out our community’s Healthcare Cybersecurity predictions.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Ransomware, Cloud, and Phishing: Decoding this Year’s Cybersecurity Landscape

Healthcare IT Today

In the first half of the year alone, we saw major incidents like the Change Healthcare breach , which affected up to one-third of Americans , and the Ascension ransomware attack , which disrupted hospital operations across the U.S., impacting electronic health records and patient portals.