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The Hidden Cybersecurity Threat Lurking on Your Physician’s Desk

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2025

Healthcare is a prime target for cybercriminals, and while IT teams focus on protecting networks and medical devices, theres one device that remains surprisingly vulnerable. Its the quiet, reliable machine on the desk of most physicians, nurses, and administrators PC workstations. Healthcares cybersecurity spending isnt enough.

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Sanford Health's CIO talks virtual care, workforce challenges, modern data ecosystem

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JANUARY 13, 2023

The satellite clinics will be staffed by a nurse or nurse practitioner and will enable patients to immediately connect to a clinician or specialist located in our Virtual Care Center if needed. The battle for talent in healthcare today is broader than the shortage of physicians and nurses.

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Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

Amid the Change Healthcare cybersecurity breach, Availity announced it has established 33 new health plan connections and seen a 40% increase in the volume of claims it’s processing. The organization also announced CHIME is joining the Federation for Informatics Professionals in Health and Care in the United Kingdom.

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Training Your Staff From Becoming a Vulnerability to Your Healthcare Organization

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The human factor remains a top vulnerability in healthcare, necessitating comprehensive security training for staff is crucial. Doctors, nurses, and administrative staff are the heart of healthcare operations, but they are also extremely busy. Everyone can be a target of a cybercriminal.

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Secure Your Healthcare Organization with Better Cyber Resilience

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Each connected device—from medical IoT (Internet of Things) equipment to the smartphones doctors and nurses use—can serve as a weak spot for cyber criminals to breach organizations’ servers. Endpoint protection is essential for securing the array of devices that healthcare professionals rely on daily.

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Weekly Roundup – February 17, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Read more… Emerging Technologies Contribute to Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery. Answers to this question for Healthcare IT Today experts emphasize how predictive modeling, ambient documentation, inpatient telehealth, and virtual nursing are poised to change care delivery.

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Telehealth and VR – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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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Swift Medical Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of New CCO and CIO

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 22, 2023

Prior to that, he held leadership positions at Accolade Health (personalized care delivery navigation and advocacy), nuVizz (hospital system logistics), and Pinn (healthcare cybersecurity). Sharma is also credited with pioneering Microsoft’s entry into mobile digital media and running the largest P&L at Samsung Mobile.

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What are you hoping to get out of HIMSS18? A former clinician’s call to action

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Today, Shanti Gidwani is Cisco’s national director for healthcare in Canada — but in a former life she was a Registered Nurse. As we approach the biggest Health IT event.

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Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2023

Healthcare risk management company Censinet, KLAS Research, and the American Hospital Association (AHA) published their inaugural Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study. Virtual care and remote monitoring company AvaSure launched its Virtual Nursing application and Care Model.

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HIMSS 2024 – AI is Going To Be the #1 Talked About Topic Over the Next 12 Months, What is #2?

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

As the cellular chips get much lower and lower cost, all devices are going to be integrated with cellular to truly enable home healthcare. Brian Golumbeck, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Optiv We believe that securing AI is the second thing in line behind AI. So it’s a different way of delivering care overall.

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Weekly Roundup – December 23, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In the absence of a true definition of “responsible use” of AI in healthcare, providers should consider running AI parallel to accepted standards of care and evidence-based practices , according to Dr. Amy Hester at HD Nursing. Read more… A Three-Pronged Approach to Fortifying Healthcare Cybersecurity.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Rikki Jennings, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra Technologies Labor challenges/nurse staffing shortages will continue, leading to automation and AI solutions to better manage operations and accelerate innovation. According to a recent McKinsey study, 45% of inpatient nurses (who make up about nearly half of the 4.2

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Healthcare systems in the clinical setting can immensely benefit from risk evaluation and asking the following questions: What if healthcare providers can’t access patient data when they are using electronic health records (EHR) systems to connect with patients?

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

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MARCH 27, 2019

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Critical Care, Critical Risks: How to Secure Complex Healthcare Environments

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Something as simple as a nurse call system can be riddled with vulnerabilities, and replacing a device like an MRI machine is not always feasible, especially for an industry that faces constant budget cuts. Proactive risk and vulnerability management is a form of threat prevention, and prevention is the best medicine.

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

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Jerry Mancini, Senior Director, Office of the CTO at NETSCOUT First, in the healthcare industry, most investments are made in medical equipment and clinical technology, not in cybersecurity solutions. Moreover, the emphasis in hiring is placed on doctors, nurses, and researchers, not on cybersecurity experts.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Doctors and nurses needing to go back to pen and paper to have data to conduct medical procedures demonstrates that the operational resiliency strategies and /or business continuity plans (BCP) that were in place by Ascension were not satisfactory.

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What are you hoping to get out of HIMSS18? A former clinician’s call to action

CiscoHealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Today, I’m Cisco’s national director for healthcare in Canada — but in a former life I was a Registered Nurse. As we approach the biggest Health IT event of the year, I have a few thoughts on the upcoming conference from a clinician’s perspective. My predictions on the evolution of virtual care.

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Key Insights and Perspectives from Day 1 at ViVE 2025

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This week Healthcare IT Today will be attending the ViVE Conference happening in Nashville. For those not familiar with the event, it’s a partnership between HLTH and CHIME that brings together some of the best healthcare CIOs and other healthcare executives at one great event.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For acute care in particular, the patient’s full care team – which includes various specialists, nurses, EMS, and others – must have access to the platform from anywhere at any time, including via mobile devices, to collaborate and communicate faster throughout the entire patient journey, not just at one specific point of care.

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Uses of AI in Healthcare – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Julie Stegman, Vice President, Health Learning & Practice at Wolters Kluwer Health The AI has to be right: the role of AI in nursing education In 2024, we will see students and professors continue to experiment with the use of AI in education.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

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. Our hospice nurses overcome this uncomfortableness daily.

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Promising AI Applications in Improving Patient Outcomes and Streamlining Healthcare Operations

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2025

Overall, AI is transforming healthcare by improving workflows, making care more accessible, and helping providers deliver better outcomes for patients. 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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Cybersecurity Resilience in Healthcare Can Save Lives

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2024

Healthcare Cybersecurity: A Life and Death Situation A successful cyberattack on a healthcare organization can result in a wide range of consequences. The only solution is to establish a posture of cyber resilience. They will frequently escalate to dire financial, legal, and — at their most dangerous — fatal outcomes.

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Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

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How Electronic Health Records Streamline Chronic Care Management with Real-Time Data Integration

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Remote Patient Monitoring : With the help of real-time data streaming, healthcare workers can monitor patients from a distance, reducing hospital visits and ensuring ongoing care. Learn how RPM practices align with healthcare cybersecurity standards here.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Healthcare facilities will use AI from an administrative point of view because it’s very difficult to hire in healthcare – there’s a physician shortage, a nursing shortage, and a pharmacist shortage. We expect to see more smart technology and automation in healthcare (i.e.

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