Risk Management
LifeBridge said they discovered the breach on March 18, which involved malware that infected the server that hosts their EMR, patient registration and billing systems.
While gap analysis can find existing vulnerabilities in an organization's security, it's not an equal substitution for HIPAA-required risk analysis.
As original estimates of how many specimens were destroyed doubled from 2,000 to 4,000, chief executive Thomas Zenty explained how the hospital is handling the situation.
Researchers put the onus on hospitals, manufacturers and regulators to do a better job of reducing contamination and called for an end to manual cleaning processes.
Merger and acquisition activity sent waves through the information security sector too, and CIOs are acutely aware of the security complications medical devices and telehealth bring.
While the MSSP overall was a net cost to CMS in 2016, there is evidence that individual ACO performance may improve with experience.
The platform gives providers patient data to earn incentives from risk-based contracts.
A new analysis shows that resistance costs the healthcare industry more than $2 billion annually and, what's more, can easily surpass $1,000 when treating a single patient.
Factors that the research firm said are creating an era of uncertainty in the healthcare industry.
In the age of consumerism, how you react to a breach, relay information to patients, and interact with people can mean the difference between customer retention or an expensive mass exodus.