Privacy & Security
<p>Encryption provides verification of data to keep it HIPAA compliant and available only to authorized users, says Dan Draper, founder and CEO of CipherStash.<br />
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Ardent proactively took its network offline, suspending user access to its IT applications, including corporate servers and Epic software.
<p>Smaller hospitals are having to make financial resource decisions between cybersecurity and investment in patient care devices such as CT scanners, says Wes Wright, chief healthcare officer of Ordr.<br />
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<p>Engage clinicians and other stakeholders who need to own the project, says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of Clinical Informatics, who helped implement Epic at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.<br />
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<p>Over the last four or five years, incidents have changed from one-off events to criminal conspiracies, says K&L Gates partner Gina Bertolini, a healthcare regulatory attorney.</p>
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<p>Alisa Chestler, chair of the data protection, privacy and cybersecurity team at Baker Donelson, questions whether $20 million in annual funding from a new Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination bill is enough to move the needle.</p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mass General Brigham has a digital team strategy with one focus on reducing the documentation burden, says CIO Dr. Adam Landman.</span></span></p>
MorganFranklin Consulting's Ferdinand Hamada and Matt DeFrain offer their perspectives on the current threat environment and how health systems can build better cybersecurity resilience and business continuity strategies.
<p>If you're not continually learning about healthcare cybersecurity, you’re putting your organization at risk. Hans Hioyos, field CISO for Prophecy, Americas, explains the importance of attending the HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum for healthcare leaders.</p>
<p>Security should be integrated into every department of a healthcare organization. Barbee Mooneyhan, VP of security, IT and privacy at Woebot Health, explains the need to treat security as a necessity, not just a cost center.</p>
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