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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled. He has his Masters in Information Security and holds CCISSP, CISA, CHC, CRISC, and ITIL-F certifications.

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Profitable Digital Health Platform Healthie Closes on $16M to Enable the Next Generation of Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

Healthie’s scalable platform supports digital health companies’ rapid growth while also improving the patient experience and overall health outcomes. Founded in 2016 by Erica Jain and Cavan Klinsky, who dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania to launch the company, Healthie had previously raised $1.9 About Healthie.

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Hospitals are signing on to use Alexa-type devices to access patient data

Lloyd Price

Boston-based Commonwealth Care operates four primary care centers and administers two health plans. And Boston Children’s Hospital launched a KidsMD program through Alexa all the way back in 2016, which lets parents ask Alexa for information on their children’s symptoms. The current pilot is expected to end in April or May.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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Apple, Amazon, Google & Healthcare

Advanced Medical Reviews

Compliance with federal guidelines like HIPAA and the vulnerability of cloud-based data management platforms to cyberattacks makes Apple’s data security measures invaluable. Apple is expected to offer a competitive solution for optimizing EHR interoperability that maintains the security of protected health information (PHI).

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