Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Federal Register include strict cybersecurity requirements that leave little wiggle room for healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates to avoid implementing strong cybersecurity practices, including validation that their business partners also meet their HIPAA requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Next, we take a look at the skills gap in cybersecurity to talk about how CIOs and CISOs should be working to address their security needs should they go in-house or will they have to go third-party? Next, we debate whether AI will enable cyber initiatives or if it will widen the disparity for rural healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We recommend using “treating the inside like the outside” or “continuous verification.” Get Ahead of Transition Hurdles Adoption of any new technology generally meets resistance. Although security professionals understand what it means, others can be confused or take offense at the suggestion that they are not trustworthy.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 3, 2023

Woebot is a mental health ally that meets people where they are and supports them through life’s journey,” said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough. This year’s program attracted more than 4,000 nominations from over 17 different countries throughout the world. For more information visit MedTechBreakthrough.com.

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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. Healthcare organizations, however, should not wait until these government mandates come into play.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

However, given the sensitive nature of healthcare data and the increasing frequency of cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector, every hospital should consider establishing or partnering with a SOC. The decision to establish a SOC should not be based solely on the size of the organization.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Healthcare decision-makers must lay a strong foundation and ensure that security measures are integrated into the design and implementation of connected devices and systems. Our cloud software hosted on AWS comes to mind for me. However, the job isn’t over once the implementation is completed.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 21, 2025

You show your papers and prove youve been meeting cybersecurity control expectations, whether from a regulatory or standard-of-practice perspective. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) has also expanded in version 2.0 ” How does one insulate the organization (and importantly, the executives) from these outcomes?

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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

JANUARY 2, 2023

For example, a report from Sophos found that 66% of healthcare organizations reported ransomware attacks last year, jumping from 34% in 2020. In 2023, health systems must make cybersecurity a top priority, otherwise, they will be putting patient data at risk. Will LaSala, Field CTO at OneSpan.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Ryan Hamilton, Chief Technology Officer at MacroHealth Healthcare is a vast web of interconnected systems consisting of payers, providers, and vendors. Organizations must properly vet all of its partners to ensure each one meets minimum security standards. It only takes the exploitation of one weak spot to create havoc.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

Ecosystems I think are incredibly important to consumerism because we have the ability to finally meet people where they actually are, which is on their native phones, on their televisions in their living rooms. Brian Golumbeck, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Optiv We believe that securing AI is the second thing in line behind AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 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 Telehealth and VR Predictions And now, check out our community’s Telehealth and VR predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2023 PATCH Act requires manufacturers to meet criteria for the cybersecurity and transparency of their products and to support them with security patches across their full lifecycles. Almost half of those HDOs suffered a data breach. Government requirements enforcing baseline security on medical devices have only recently arrived.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2024

The following is a guest article by Chris Knight , Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience at Lightpath Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to plague healthcare institutions, and like a virus, these threats continually evolve as they meet resistance against their intrusions.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

In addition, major healthcare organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have started using Confidential Computing-powered technologies to protect data at the highest level.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Lesson 2: Don’t Get Caught Negotiating Liability After a Breach has Occurred, Contracting is the Critical Stage for Negotiating Liability Considering the resources on the line in the event of a breach—currently a total average cost of $10.1

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dot Havard, Head of Global Workforce at CPSI In the US, the healthcare workforce continues to experience staffing shortages and hiring concerns. Providers may need to get creative with their workforce and expand globally to meet demands. However, the workforce must be prepared for advanced technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

For example, a recent Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study of ForgeRock CIAM shows that over three years healthcare enterprises may achieve: $4.7M One key tactic is using identity verification. This process involves verifying the identity of an end user to ensure their digital identity is tied to their real-life identity.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Additionally, encryption and data loss prevention (DLP) strategies should be in place to protect sensitive patient information from unauthorized access and exfiltration and play an essential role in meeting regulatory standards.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

The organizations investing in these resources will be rewarded with a competitive advantage as they will be able to respond at the speed of change – meeting customer needs in the moment. The technology has the ability to engage with and shoulder non-clinical workloads for our clinicians, allowing teams to reallocate time to patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Healthcare workers, from doctors and nurses to administrative staff, are often overwhelmed with critical patient care responsibilities and day-to-day operations. When they finally have a chance to check their emails, they are frequently multitasking or rushing between meetings and discussions with colleagues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

The teams that streamline repetitive processes, automate manual tasks, adopt purpose-fit solutions to meet diverse needs, and deliver on performance metrics will emerge as the winners. Healthcare providers and technology companies will no longer think about interoperability. And, we don’t want them to.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We recently surveyed 1,200 healthcare consumers and found that 71% would be more likely to apply for financial assistance if provided with clear, accessible options. Integrating health benefit accounts, payment plans and even Medicaid enrollment will help meet patients where they are on their financial journey.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It states that organizations must write into vendor contracts that they will meet the requirements from a security program perspective. Consider the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Safeguards Rule, which requires companies with significant financial transactions to protect customer information in specific ways.

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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).

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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. When I coach other CISOs, that’s one of the cornerstones of how I approach leadership.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Research shows cybersecurity events are a top-of-mind issue for executives. Ensure Effective Communications Flow Amongst CISOs, C-Suite, and Boards Cybersecurity attacks against healthcare organizations are whole-of-business issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 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 Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

This could significantly aid healthcare executives in meeting key performance indicators (KPIs), supporting staff, calculating ROI, and surpassing industry benchmarks. The healthcare sector must discover optimal ways to harness AI, complementing healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes without diminishing the human element.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

We predict healthcare organizations will begin to look for solutions that will enable their staff to meet this demand and offer support for diagnosis and the titration of drugs. Shamika Mazyck, Associate at Quarles In 2024, we will continue to see private equity firms invest in healthcare businesses.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the regulatory space, I anticipate a quiet but pervasive adoption of AI to support activities such as writing meeting minutes and classifying patient profiles. Ensuring these tools meet stringent security standards is crucial for maintaining patient trust and compliance with privacy regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It highlights the fact that organizations shouldn’t view these functions individually, but rather as pieces of a unified, comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. These metrics should be reported to senior leadership on a regular basis. A key component of a successful cybersecurity program is scalability.

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