Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Help them understand how to identify potential threats and alert IT quickly. To prevent staff from becoming a vulnerability to the healthcare organization, supporting and empowering them during a cyberattack is essential. The number one thing an organization can do is provide regular and current education to employees.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The healthcare industry, with its diverse range of patients and stakeholders, faces especially high stakes when it comes to data security. A breach can be incredibly costly—according to the IBM/Ponemon Institute’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Study , the average cost of a healthcare data breach reached $10.93

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The article How To Secure Hospitals In An Increasingly Inhospitable World appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Cyberattacks are never easy. But when ransomware actors recently hit several U.S. hospitals with attacks, it was especially problematic. Anything that […].

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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. "Our mission dates all the way back to the U.S. system of weights and measures.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About Mohammad Waqas Mohammad Waqas is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Healthcare at Armis with over a decade of experience in the healthcare cybersecurity industry. Proactive risk and vulnerability management is a form of threat prevention, and prevention is the best medicine.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 19, 2023

When it comes to cybersecurity, it is important for organizations to take a proactive approach and implement strong safeguards to protect against potential threats. Healthcare cybersecurity refers to the measures and practices put in place to protect sensitive data and systems within the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Health systems should also evaluate the security policies of third-party vendors, some of whom may have been unprepared for the rapid shift to virtual care; implement robust user authentication measures and device-security management; and instruct patients on how to properly configure and install RPM devices.

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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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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 5, 2023

These breaches resulted in the loss, theft, exposure, or unauthorized disclosure of a total of 314,063,186 healthcare records. In this article, we will discuss the importance of healthcare and cybersecurity , the risks of healthcare cybersecurity breaches, and best practices for protecting patient data and ensuring HIPAA compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Mike has led hundreds of cybersecurity and compliance internal audits of regulated businesses in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, non-profits, government contractors, and education. He is the best-selling author of How to Avoid HIPAA Headaches. www.semelconsulting.com

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Trevor Dearing, Director of Critical Infrastructure Solutions at Illumio We’re not even halfway through 2024, and the healthcare industry has already suffered over 250 breaches that exposed the sensitive health information of over 32 million individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2020

The following is a guest article by Dustin Hutchison, President and COO, Pondurance. In the midst of a pandemic in which more than 2 million people have gotten sick worldwide and 130,000 have died, you’d like to think that cybercriminals would recognize the gravity of the situation and agree to a collective humanitarian “cease fire” […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

These include a lack of standard data formats, limited ability to integrate with EHR systems or share with community-based organizations, and insufficient training on how to code social determinants.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 10, 2022

Facebook’s use of Meta Pixel amid ever-increasing healthcare cybersecurity concerns raises many questions. As HIPAA-covered entities, healthcare professionals and their organizations then must be mindful of the systems they choose to use with patients. HIPAA Compliant Cybersecurity: Practical Implementation Tips.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Once opened, hackers may be granted access to entire PHI databases, meaning healthcare staff must be taught how to spot and report suspicious communications. Staff may be asked to click on a link or download an email attachment containing malicious software.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Healthcare is filled with cybersecurity risks. While we’ve dealt with network security risks and software vulnerability risks for a long time, we’re also starting to learn how to protect ourselves against the human risk of our employees falling for a phishing attack.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When considering healthcare cybersecurity best practices, HIPAA security risk assessments and HIPAA remediation plans are essential. With October being “Cybersecurity Awareness Month,” security education and planning should be at the top of the list for many healthcare businesses. . Get HIPAA compliant today

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Digital transformation in healthcare is an incredible tool that is actively working to make the lives of patients and staff better every day; especially as more organizations begin to embrace it and expand its use throughout their healthcare systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Read more… Should Government Play a Bigger Role in Healthcare Cybersecurity ? Read more… The Consequences of Generic Healthcare Messaging in America. Read more… Safeguarding Healthcare Data and Systems in the Digital Age.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Judging by the quality of the questions asked of Errol at the end of his session, it was clear that many of the audience were not letting cybersecurity risk paralyze them. AHIMA Members are Determined to Succeed There is no doubt in my mind that AHIMA members are determined to succeed.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Read more… Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity. Erik Decker at Intermountain Health and Ed Gaudet at Censinet sat down with John to discuss two initiatives to encourage collaboration among cybersecurity stakeholders, improve visibility into cybersecurity risks, and fight back against cyberattacks.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 24, 2022

The current NIST cybersecurity framework explains cybersecurity best practices but still lacks information on the practical application of these standards. The revision is more actionable so that health care organizations can improve their cybersecurity posture and comply with the Security Rule.

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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. Hackers are finding holes in the gaps created by fragmented systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

About Mike Semel Mike Semel is a noted thought leader, speaker, blogger, and best-selling author of HOW TO AVOID HIPAA HEADACHES. He is the President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting , focused on HIPAA and other compliance requirements; cyber security; and Business Continuity planning.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

Colleen Sirhal, Chief Clinical Officer and VP Customer Success at Hyland Healthcare First I want to mention from an AI front, in healthcare we have been using machine learning, we have been using data for years and years and years. Mark Khachaturian, CEO at Wellvii Number 2 is connectivity and IoT.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled. Broader security training is also necessary, such as how to lock workstations and the importance of protecting both personal and work devices while traveling or in public areas.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2024

At the Qualtrics X4 conference, John Lynn interviewed Alpa Vyas at Stanford Health Care and Craig Richardville at Intermountain Health about how to use patient feedback to assess and improve the patient experience. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Health IT Media by the Numbers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Other crucial steps include staying up-to-date on current security policies, making adjustments as needed to organizational strategies, and conducting regular trainings and security breach simulations to teach employees how to best handle a threat when it arises.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

No doubt it’s the biggest risk to a healthcare organization and the attackers only need a slight opening in your security defenses to wreak havoc.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

To stay safe in 2024, understanding the current state of IoMT security and how to prioritize action is critical. All of these challenges are compounded by the budget and staff constraints facing most HDOs.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2024

SBOMs help document the components in the software applications, legal and/or security compliance issues, exposure to specific vulnerabilities, how current the components are, where risks exist, and how to mitigate them. Today’s medical interventions are leaps and bounds beyond what was imaginable only a few years ago.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Attackers recognize that staying up to date on vendors’ software vulnerabilities means they can enter a healthcare network, then go upstream and steal or ransom the group’s data. And new AI tools make all of these efforts quicker and more effective.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

Various studies have found that anywhere between 88% to 95% of data security breaches are caused by human error , another indication that the workforce needs to be educated on how to properly follow protocols that protect sensitive data. Step Three: Educate Yourself and Embrace Next-Gen Technology The U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Yet the healthcare industry still demonstrates a certain level of distrust in cloud security and stores the least amount of sensitive data, particularly personal information like healthcare records or payment card details, in the cloud versus its peers.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With pervasive network visibility at the source of packet capture thanks to NDR, healthcare IT teams can use this network context to adequately verify and remove anomalies in network traffic before they become systemic issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2024

There is also an opportunity to educate IT, clinical, and operational staff on all types of potential outages — legacy and new — an organization might encounter, how to identify and report them, and business continuity workflows to address each outage type.

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