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The Detrimental Impact of Tech Debt in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries

Healthcare IT Today

Technical debt (tech debt), referring to the deferred maintenance and upgrades of a system, is commonly accrued in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Another factor in determining the worth of addressing vulnerabilities is the fact that consumers and patients have little tolerance for cybersecurity lapses.

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Training Your Staff From Becoming a Vulnerability to Your Healthcare Organization

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By training staff effectively and adopting these safeguards, healthcare organizations can significantly reduce the risk of vulnerabilities and enhance their overall security posture.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

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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. Here I agree – we can use all the help we can get.

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Key Insights and Perspectives from Day 1 at ViVE 2025

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Plus, we’re asking health IT vendors what announcements they are making at the event. Check out some of the short video interviews we did on Day 1 of ViVE 2025.

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Rackspace Guides Customers Through Both Optimization and Innovation in the Cloud

Healthcare IT Today

” In this video, PV SubbaRao, Senior Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Rackspace, offers guidance to healthcare firms in adopting or making better use of cloud services.

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Considerations and Safeguards Addressing Potential Vulnerabilities in Connected Medical Devices and the Internet of Things (IoT)

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Pratik Maroo, Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Zensar It is estimated that the value of medical IoT devices will be $467.25 billion by 2027. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of emerging regulations to expedite the use of IoT in the medical world.

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Navigating Cyber Threats: Cost-Effective Cybersecurity for Healthtech

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Justin Kozak, Life Sciences Specialist at Founder Shield In an era where digital innovation drives healthcare forward, healthtech companies are at the forefront of a double-edged sword.