Privacy & Security
Security education and auditing can help healthcare organizations defend against insider data breaches, according to Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics at Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, discusses ways hackers can access medical records from understaffed healthcare organizations – and how those organizations can best mitigate their cyber risk.
According to Dr. Brian Anderson, chief digital health physician at MITRE, hackers are using AI models to write code for attacks. While defensive AI tools can monitor networks for malicious traffic, humans should be part of the process.
The settlement concludes two OCR investigations initiated from a large breach report and a media article regarding a separate security incident.
Eighteen months after an advanced Ryuk ransomware strike, the Virginia orthopedic practice recovered patient data, even when people said it would be impossible, says CIO Terri Ripley.
Dr. Christian Dameff, medical director of cybersecurity for UC San Diego Health, will take to the HIMSS 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum in Boston to discuss how strong cybersecurity isn't just about patient privacy, but also about safety and care quality.
A patient requested his medical records and did not receive them for six months - after the OCR stepped in - agency says.
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The challenge of cybersecurity at The Admiral at the Lake is protecting senior residents living independently, says IT director Zina Kind.
Health equity requires that governments and institutions think not just about interoperability but internet connection in the protection and sharing of information, says Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS.
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Interoperability rulemaking thinks in terms of standards while AI can translate, says John Nebergall, COO of Consensus Cloud Solutions.