Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare The healthcare sector is uniquely vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches. 2023 was a record year, with 114 data breaches of 100,000 or more records reported to The HIPAA Journal. Cybercriminals are drawn to healthcare data as bees are to honey.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Federal guidelines like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) outline the responsibility of healthcare providers when it comes to creating, analyzing, and distributing Protected Health Information (PHI).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Mark Dill, Chief Information Security Officer at MedAllies Having good policies and procedures in place is important – and having a yearly role-based training plan is even better. In the Change Healthcare attack, for example, coordinated action was necessary to manage the fallout from the ransomware incident.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

By creating a security awareness program, IT administrators can prioritize continued education and training on the importance of information security and handling patient data. Security awareness should be implemented as part of an organization’s onboarding and annual training program.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Besides the assessment of existing systems, an organization needs to consider the following when settling on the choice of a communication platform: Understand workflow-based needs, Identify redundancies, and understand ease of user training & adoption, scalability, security and compliance needs, and interoperability of data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Whether you need HIPAA, OSHA, SOC 2, or all three, your compliance program is fully customizable.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 27, 2022

According to HIPAA journal , during the first half of 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Here are some of the most common cybersecurity challenges in healthcare and ways to address these issues.

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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. Train staff in cybersecurity risks. The stakes are high to succeed.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 29, 2024

As this convergence accelerates, so too must the cybersecurity posture of healthcare organizations to mitigate the risks associated with third-party integrations and data sharing. Building a resilient cybersecurity framework requires a multifaceted approach that encompasses people, processes, and technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other growing, changing regulations, IAM practices are necessary to fortify defenses while also meeting regulatory requirements. In both cases, onboarding and offboarding are also opportunities for security awareness training.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Additionally, continuous monitoring, patch management, risk assessments, vendor management, regulatory compliance, incident response planning, and user training are crucial. Within healthcare organizations, ongoing user education and cybersecurity training programs can help foster a culture of security awareness.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Overcoming such resistance requires addressing concerns about workflow disruption, providing comprehensive training programs, and cultivating a culture that embraces innovation and collaboration.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, administrators, managers, supervisors, and clinicians may want to quickly run through a checklist of cybersecurity precautions. Discretionary enforcement of HIPAA ends along with the ending of the PHE. Many claims to be HIPAA-compliant, but they are not.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2024

AI can also help overcome staffing challenges, bolstering recruitment and retention efforts with tools that screen job descriptions to remove biased language or enhance training programs. Key regulations like HIPAA have yet to be modernized to address potential AI uses.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Both HIPAA and related state laws create strict guidelines and restrictions on collecting, using, and maintaining patient-protected health information. Healthcare providers should be mindful of how an AI product addresses data privacy and security, particularly when integrating AI into the architecture of existing information systems.

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