Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

The amount of technology used and how it is being used has skyrocketed and unfortunately, alongside it so has the amount and sophistication of cybersecurity threats. Old technology or processes that not enough in healthcare are using in their cybersecurity efforts, including employee awareness training. It’s old but effective.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Acquisition Will Bring Together Leading-Edge Cloud Hosting Services and Managed Cybersecurity-as-a-Service to Provide a Seamless, Enhanced Experience to Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations. CloudWave , the expert in healthcare data security, announced the company has acquired Sensato Cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Both HIPAA and related state laws create strict guidelines and restrictions on collecting, using, and maintaining patient-protected health information.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. The goals were to identify risks and vulnerabilities and to develop recommendations for protecting health consumers’ personal health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

The following is a guest article by Preston Duren, Vice President of Cybersecurity Operations at Fortified Health Security The need for adequate cybersecurity has never been higher for the nation’s hospitals and health systems. That’s good news, right? Healthcare is competing with every other industry for personnel.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Along with this accelerated progress will come heightened scrutiny about data governance, especially concerning protected health information; vendors will create offerings to protect sensitive data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. Here’s what I wrote. Why is this so important?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Healthcare organizations store an extensive archive of personal health information (PHI) and their accompanying financial records that, if stolen, can be incredibly lucrative for the attacker and especially detrimental to the victim. and sadly, often cannot be replaced.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

On 1st March 2018, two over-arching issues remained with me leaving Las Vegas and #HIMSS18: the central, recognized role of cybersecurity threats in healthcare, and the growing use of consumer-facing technologies for self- and virtual care. Cyber-breaches are a new-normal in health care. What a difference a couple of weeks make….

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force. ” On March 7 , President Biden announced his National Cybersecurity Strategy , reflecting the growing awareness of ongoing ransomware attacks and cyber threats facing healthcare and other leading industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

An incident response plan is essential to provide impacted parties with a clear understanding of the protected health information (PHI) and/or electronically protected health information (ePHI) that was compromised, when the incident occurred, and what action is being taken by the organization.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEOR) will become more common in decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

I leave you with one proviso which could be a barrier to patients engaging with digitized health information: in the wake of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica, there is a wake-up call for consumers to become more mindful about the security of their personal data online.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Building Trust in the Cloud One of the main, and most obvious, reasons is the highly sensitive nature of data at play in healthcare facilities: protected health information (PHI), insurance claims, pharmaceutical intellectual property, and more. So what’s causing this hesitancy?

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. After that, you can listen on demand (See podcast information below.) Leslie notes that at the broadest level, cybersecurity is issue #1 for CHIME members, and interoperability is issue #2.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. After that, you can listen on demand (See podcast information below.) Leslie notes that at the broadest level, cybersecurity is issue #1 for CHIME members, and interoperability is issue #2.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. After that, you can listen on demand (See podcast information below.) Leslie notes that at the broadest level, cybersecurity is issue #1 for CHIME members, and interoperability is issue #2.

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HealthStream

APRIL 22, 2020

Health IT Security just released the following five ways that healthcare organizations can safeguard protected health information (PHI) by instituting up-to-date cybersecurity measures.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, administrators, managers, supervisors, and clinicians may want to quickly run through a checklist of cybersecurity precautions. Include cybersecurity insurance when purchasing malpractice insurance. Discretionary enforcement of HIPAA ends along with the ending of the PHE.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity by Medical Professionals No modern technologies will protect against hacker attacks if your password is everywhere “1234” or your date of birth. How to achieve this: Conduct cybersecurity training for medical professionals.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Risks Unique to the Healthcare Industry The healthcare sector is especially vulnerable to attacks because of its reliance on electronically stored protected health information (PHI), including records, scans, and bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

We know that “health information” encompasses much more than data stored in a health plan’s claims system or a pharmacy benefit manager’s computer data base. Health is made as much outside of medical care providers’ sites as it is at home, at work, at play, at school.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Advice included aiming to reduce the impact of bias, ensuring patient consent is obtained, and targeting solutions that address burnout and health equity. Read more… Making Health Information More Accessible for Patients. Read more… Mobile Devices Increase Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Concerns.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). The Case for Federal Agencies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In this installment, you will share in expertise from: Andy Crowder, chief information and analytics officer at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois. " More focus on cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Another important component in Singapore’s effective approach in containing the pandemic is the Ministry of Health’s method of risk profiling through multi-agency efforts to capture data, and subsequently having tiers to provide different levels of care based on the COVID-19 patient cases’ severity.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Read more… Connect Hospitals and Health Systems to Patient Apps and Health Information. David Claxton at Xealth explained how offering third-party apps to patients in a standard way helps health systems track which digital health assets are gaining the most traction.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Read more… Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector. Cyberattacks are forever on the rise, making it crucial that we have good cybersecurity. The OntarioMD Digital Health Conference returned to in-person for the first time since COVID-19. Read more… Healthcare IT Today: Health IT Potpourri.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

ONC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are launching a $20 million Behavioral Health Information Technology Initiative to improve IT adoption in psychiatry and behavioral health. Keystone Technologies and Sublimation Health are partnering to help transition EHRs to AWS.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Under this final rule, individuals and entities that violate the information-blocking requirements face a penalty of up to $1 million per violation. This final rule does not apply to healthcare providers but instead is directed at health information networks and health information exchanges, as well as developers of certified health IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

The Ever-Evolving World of Cybersecurity Threats. The experts said the keys to modern cybersecurity including managing assets, access, networks, infrastructure, and data , along with continuous threat monitoring and tried-and-true training that meets employees where they are. Read more… Discussing the Potential Impact of QHINs.

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