Risk Management

As lawmakers debate funding to stop the spread of the Zika virus, insurers are determining the impact of an outbreak in the United States.

Coordination is critical to successfully fending off cybercriminals, Intermountain Healthcare CIO and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Board Chair Marc Probst told a congressional panel on Wednesday.

Kansas Heart Hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack and after it paid the the first one, attackers boldly demanded a second ransom to decrypt data.

While the healthcare industry grapples with data breaches and privacy and security regulations, there are common pitfalls that are easy to run into without proper planning.

Pamela Peele knows that people who subscribe to cooking magazines have a much higher risk of going to the emergency room. But how she knows that is a whole other story.

When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. But with more patients weighing public hospital grades, experts, as well as a few hospitals which have faced down bad grades, say denial is the last thing a poorly marked hospital should do.

The incident involves a February 2016 postcard sent to consumers of mental health services inviting participation in an upcoming satisfaction survey.

Just because it's hard to achieve a payer mix that better supports a health system's bottom line, it's not impossible.

While surgical screws or sponges can cost a hospital less than a penny each, when a surgeon accentially leaves one of these behind in a patient's body the mistake can cost both patientsa and healthcare providers dearly.

With the healthcare industry suddenly accounting for nearly 25 percent of all data breaches, a new study from The Brookings Institution suggests some new cybersecurity strategies are needed.