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Training Your Staff From Becoming a Vulnerability to Your Healthcare Organization

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But with proper and regularly scheduled training, we can minimize these mistakes. But what should that training look like? We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask them – what can be done to train your staff from becoming a vulnerability to your healthcare organization?

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

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Additionally, continuous monitoring, patch management, risk assessments, vendor management, regulatory compliance, incident response planning, and user training are crucial. 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.

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Navigating Cyber Threats: Cost-Effective Cybersecurity for Healthtech

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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. Equally important is the role of employee training and awareness. from top-tier carriers.

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The Double-Edged Sword of RPM: Benefits and Security Risks to Consider

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The following is a guest article by Justin Kozak, Life Sciences Specialist at Founder Shield Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has revolutionized healthcare, offering access to patient data and promising improved outcomes. Even with user-friendly interfaces, misinterpretations can occur due to lack of training or simple mistakes.

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Measures You Should be Implementing in Your Organization to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity and Protect Your Patient Data

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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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The Top Technologies Healthcare Organizations Need to Implement to Improve Their Security Posture

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Federated learning allows models to be trained across multiple decentralized devices or servers, without the need to transfer sensitive patient data from its original, secure, and private origin. One solution to securely harnessing the data potential for priming these models is through a federated learning approach and containerization.

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Fortifying Healthcare Against Critical Cybersecurity Threats: A Three-Pronged Approach

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By promptly revoking access and conducting thorough permissions reviews during staff transitions, healthcare organizations minimize the window of vulnerability, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and exploitation. In both cases, onboarding and offboarding are also opportunities for security awareness training.