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

APRIL 25, 2024

The attack kept Change Healthcare’s systems down for three weeks, even prompting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deploy accelerated payments and loan programs for healthcare organizations affected by the attack, akin to the support deployed during the pandemic. Organizations can, however, leverage AI to fight back.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

There are new cybersecurity tools for protecting patient safety that every healthcare organization should know about. Pointing out that institutions usually underinvest in cybersecurity, Decker says that these two new assessment tools can help answer the question: “Does the investment lead to an outcome?”

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 11, 2019

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. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Within 48 hours of the attack, another clearinghouse called Availity set up a free digital connectivity option for payers, providers, and third-party administrators to assist an industry in crisis. As a result of its efforts, Availity experienced a 40% increase in electronic transaction volume.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2021

Ransomware attacks continue to plague the healthcare industry. In all, cyberattacks on healthcare more than doubled last year, with ransomware making up 28% of those attacks. But healthcare IT leaders have another cybersecurity challenge to overcome: human error. According to Verizon’s 2021 Data […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. million per incident.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In simplest terms, the legislation proposed advanced and accelerated payments to healthcare providers in the event of a cyber incident, if they meet minimum cybersecurity standards determined by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The best way to enforce implementation at healthcare entities is to remove access to U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The mass swaths of health-related data enable healthcare entities to better manage the health of entire populations by helping identify trends and develop strategies based on vast evidence. These are all significant benefits of data sharing in the healthcare sector. They also cause reputational damage. for optimal patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

How the Industries got into Tech Debt Medical devices and custom medical processes undergo strict scrutiny to ensure quality and consumer safety. Technical debt (tech debt), referring to the deferred maintenance and upgrades of a system, is commonly accrued in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 2, 2018

Toby Gouker, CISO at First Health Advisory Solutions, says the bad guys have decided to pick on the healthcare community, which means there is little time for the industry to shore up its defenses.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

Together, they’re working to further enhance the capabilities of Blackwell’s MHXDR offering, improve access to high-quality cybersecurity for healthcare companies, and further the company’s mission to improve security posture across the healthcare industry as a whole.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

Securing the Future of Healthcare Through Proactive Cyber Defense Cybersecurity threats in the healthcare sector remain a pressing concern, with social engineering, internet-facing devices with KEVs, and third-party risks presenting significant challenges. Additionally, he serves as a member of the HSCC Cyber Working Group.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 28, 2018

For this reason, healthcare companies need to help their employees take precautions against the latest ransomware scams, otherwise their organization may be the next ransomware victim. One of the main reasons healthcare […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 8, 2023

There’s no sugarcoating it: cybercriminals are attacking the US healthcare industry. The FBI announced recently that healthcare suffered more ransomware attacks than any other industry in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s time for HHS to mandate and enforce rigorous, prescriptive cybersecurity standards. First and foremost, if you’re treating patients, there should be a clear mandate for certain minimum cybersecurity standards. Here I agree – we can use all the help we can get.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2024

According to Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc. Although attackers now use generative AI to quickly create persuasive email messages, there are a lot of ways a healthcare organization can defend themselves against these attacks and it often doesn’t require AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Last month was Cybersecurity Awareness month which brings a timely reminder for healthcare organizations to prioritize their digital defenses—not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the world around them. million—highlighting the importance of cyber resilience in healthcare organizations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Healthcare data breaches are reaching unprecedented levels, with attacks that target the industry surging in both frequency and sophistication. Cybercriminals are zeroing in on vulnerabilities across healthcare systems, […] The article In the New Year, Can Legislation Protect Patient Data? Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Emmanuelle Hose, Global Vice President of Industry Solutions at Rimini Street The use of AI in the healthcare market is booming , having reached $22,449.3 million in 2023 and is expected to grow 37.5% annually through 2030.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As healthcare becomes more digitized and data is further dispersed between different stakeholders, hospitals, health systems, and EHRs, the industry is at a heightened risk of attack and requires more secure solutions. About HEAL Security HEAL Security is transforming the landscape of healthcare cybersecurity worldwide.

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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 Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jamie Singer , Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting , and Rebecca Ayer Pitt , Managing Director at FTI Consulting The Healthcare Industry is Facing a Cybersecurity Crisis Flashback to early 2020… The healthcare industry enjoyed a brief respite from certain cybersecurity threat actors who vowed not to target (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

The changes are far overdue as the last revision to the original 2005 HIPAA Security Rule was made in 2013, before the healthcare industry moved to widespread reliance on technology and before many of todays cyber threats were introduced.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2025

In February Change Healthcare experienced a cybersecurity incident that crippled electronic payments and medical claims at UnitedHealth Group (Change Healthcares parent company). Healthcare IT Today thought it would be interesting to flip the script on cybersecurity in healthcare.

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DECEMBER 28, 2024

Partnering with CIOs has helped them better understand the industry’s needs. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Digital Transformation in Healthcare. Read more… 2025 Predictions: Healthcare Cybersecurity. At this time of year, it’s fun to think about what may lie ahead.

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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. Finally, we’ll post the last third of our conversation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Booz Allen researchers also noted the role 5G availability will play in cybersecurity – important from a healthcare perspective, given potential industry reliance on mobile hotspots and the increased connectivity of smart medical devices. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The healthcare industry experiences more data breaches than any other industry, with over 700 reported breaches in 2020 alone. This alarming statistic underscores the importance of protecting patient data in the healthcare industry. What is Healthcare Cybersecurity?

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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

JULY 10, 2024

For example, in 2023, the healthcare sector suffered the most ransomware attacks among U.S. This unprecedented rise in cyber attacks across the healthcare industry comes as no surprise as there are a number of factors that make hospitals, doctor’s offices, and large healthcare systems attractive to threat actors.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

He was founder of Cynergistek which recently sold to Clearwater so Mac could finally start his retirement where he’s still researching and following the healthcare security industry. We live tweeted Mac’s talk and here were some of the great healthcare security insights he shared. Good approach to cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Identifying and bouncing back from ransomware attacks is a well-documented challenge across industries: One report found that 87 percent of organizations experience difficulties related to ransomware and malware protection with their current IT infrastructure.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A new council of healthcare CISOs will push the industry to adopt HITRUST as a standard certification to manage third-party vendor risk.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2019

A new report from a security firm Duo Labs suggests that standard authentication practices may be shifting beyond the password, though it didn’t take a stab at predicting which industries may move most quickly in that direction.

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MAY 1, 2024

What will change for the positive and what will remain the same after the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident that has frozen payments in our industry? Healthcare organizations are re-evaluating being single-threaded through Change Healthcare,” said Quinn.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Deb Jones, Senior Director, Insights Strategy at Tendo One of the most promising applications of AI in healthcare is in clinical documentation and quality improvement. George Pappas, CEO at Intraprise Health by Health Catalyst Healthcare cybersecurity and risk management is a promising field for AI applications.

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