Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From the Change Healthcare ransomware attack that exposed the personal and health information of over 100 million individuals to even one of the more recent attacks on Texas Tech University that leaked 2.1 million files of stolen data – both of which underscore the urgency to intensify cyber defense strategies.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Different engineering strategies are needed to deliver scalable, secure, and stable software coupled with a dynamic cloud ecosystem. Using these tools can be complex, requiring updates by engineering staff on a regular basis, complete with regression testing and a staged deployment strategy to avoid production outages.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

The urgency to translate this guidance into actionable strategies has never been higher. While progress has been made, many healthcare organizations remain vulnerable to critical threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by David Sampson, VP of Cyber Risk and Strategy at Thrive It’s time for healthcare organizations to reevaluate their cybersecurity posture and cyber resilience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2025

The length and severity of the incident not only had the healthcare industry talking about cybersecurity, but it also remained a topic of discussion in the broader tech media It was understandable that much of that discussion focused on how and where healthcare was falling short on cybersecurity. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, well be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why theyre important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Navigating New Healthcare Cybersecurity Regulations. Read more… Proactive Strategies to Combat IoT and AI Vulnerabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2021

Experts have repeatedly predicted that telehealth would present a major challenge for healthcare cybersecurity in the coming year. "We've been measuring the risks and the threat for telemedicine-type services for many years," said Christopher Logan, director of healthcare industry strategy at VMWare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

Jones has a proven track record of scaling operations, driving growth, and executing successful go-to-market strategies. Most notably he served as Chief Operating Officer of Cylera, a healthcare IoT cybersecurity company, and also as Chief Strategy Officer at RSA.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2025

To help you sift through this sea of AI, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to help us assemble a list of the most promising AI applications for improving patient outcomes and streamlining healthcare operations. The following is what they had to share with us. So many good insights here!

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask them – what can be done to train your staff from becoming a vulnerability to your healthcare organization? But with proper and regularly scheduled training, we can minimize these mistakes. But what should that training look like? The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

How can healthcare organizations ensure the security and privacy of patient data while managing large volumes of electronic health records (EHRs) ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights into this question and the following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The consequences of cyber risks can be incredibly severe as healthcare data is particularly personal and sensitive," said Kelly Rozumalski, secure connected health director at Booz Allen, in a statement to Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS. "Large U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2024

Constitution as one of the original agencies," she told top healthcare cybersecurity leaders there to discuss the best cybersecurity practices and strategies to secure data and ultimately protect healthcare delivery. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. system of weights and measures.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2022

Contract Enforcements Tie Cybersecurity to Financial Fraud and Liability The receptionist you yelled at for shopping online could turn you in and get a $900,000 reward. When it comes to compliance, ignoring the contracts you sign – including with Medicare and your insurance policies – can hit you really hard and really fast.

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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. The HHS goes on to propose a strategy to support greater enforcement and accountability. Here I agree – we can use all the help we can get.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Zero-trust security strategies have emerged as a strong way to reduce the risk of a data breach. On top of all this, the healthcare industry is highly regulated, and organizations need to know where PHI is stored and who has access to it in order to ensure they are in compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The company was founded in 2021 in response to the growing number of cyber attacks on the healthcare industry and stands out as the sole cyber intelligence entity exclusively devoted to healthcare. “Our platform synthesizes, aggregates, and contextualizes this data, offering clarity and actionable strategies. .

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Incorporate diverse strategies to improve cybersecurity, including: Zero-Trust A zero-trust fabric is your blank slate, starting every person and system at square one. With it, your cybersecurity is configured in such a way that no devices, users, or applications are inherently trusted.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Check out these short video interviews to learn more about some of the biggest challenges healthceare CIOs face and what can be done about them.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Reimer to discuss in detail these issues and programs, and additionally get some tips from him on one of his focus areas, information security preparedness. Sanford Health is well positioned to navigate these challenges through innovative strategies. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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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

MAY 27, 2021

Healthcare organizations continue to represent a prime target for hackers – if not the leading one: The average cost of a breach for the industry now stands at $7.13 The following is a guest article by Monique Becenti, Security Strategist, Pondurance.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 22, 2023

For the 55th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Steven Ramirez, VP & CISO at Renown Health to talk about healthcare security! We kick off the episode by discussing the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry today. What does that mean for a healthcare organization?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. According to an investigation by ProPublica and German radio and TV network Bayerischer Rundfunk, medical data of more than 5MM U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2022

The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum. This time last year, we healthcare leaders were excited to be looking ahead to 2021 and leaving 2020 firmly behind us. But our dreams of putting the pandemic in the past were put on pause. Now, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 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. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to tell us about new innovations in these fields. Big News From the ONC Meeting: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

About Sharat Potharaju Sharat Potharaju is the Co-Founder and CEO at Uniqode, responsible for crafting the overall strategy and execution. Modern solutions make the security versus efficiency trade-off obsolete. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Sharat spent a few years working in investment banking at Merrill Lynch in New York.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

Considering that HDOs also face severe reputational damage if they allow a data breach—harm that cyber insurance cannot mitigate—prioritizing more effective cybersecurity can pay additional dividends compared to taking a more insurance-reliant strategy. In response, HDOs are exploring strategies to efficiently reduce risk.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. When decommissioning healthcare systems to archive legacy data, there are often significant tradeoffs.

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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. Building Cyber Resilience in Healthcare Multiple agencies are currently investing in the network fortification of healthcare systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

Tom Stafford, Director, Healthcare Strategy at CDW , has a chance to talk with and advise a lot of healthcare organizations. Learn more about CDW: [link] Learn more about Proofpoint: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

As the industry navigates this perilous digital terrain, understanding, managing, and effectively integrating cyber insurance into its risk management strategies has never been more critical. This post presents cost-effective cybersecurity solutions for healthtech leaders to consider. More on this strategy later.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2025

The GRC program serves as the foundation for the organizations business resilience efforts, aligning your business and IT strategies while driving standardization across the enterprise. The role of technology is to automate the programmatic security controls identified and organized by the GRC program.

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