Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

— John Lynn (@techguy) October 12, 2022. Given the risks, it’s pretty sad to hear that Mac suggested that most healthcare organizations are flying blind. — John Lynn (@techguy) October 12, 2022. — John Lynn (@techguy) October 12, 2022. — John Lynn (@techguy) October 12, 2022.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 18, 2023

Exec Summary: There have been 49 healthcare cybersecurity M&A deals this year as of June 18, 2023. This number is up from 45 deals in 2022. The most active acquirers in the healthcare cybersecurity M&A space in 2023 have been Symphony Technology Group (10 deals), Thoma Bravo (7 deals), and Insight Partners (6 deals).

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Equity and access to digital health: Addressing disparities in access to technology and ensuring inclusive healthcare. Cybersecurity and data privacy: Protecting sensitive patient information in a digital environment. Specific Topics: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, AR/VR, and the metaverse in healthcare.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The post NIST Released Final Guidance on Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth Security 2022; Here are the key points appeared first on DrKumo. Reference: Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem | NCCoE. Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem | NCCoE.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Two-thirds of of healthcare cybersecurity decision makers said senior leadership teams continues to underestimate cyberthreats to their organization , according to a survey from Google subsidiary Mandiant. Experian Health launched AI Advantage to help providers mitigate the volume of healthcare insurance claims denials.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 8, 2023

There’s no sugarcoating it: cybercriminals are attacking the US healthcare industry. The FBI announced recently that healthcare suffered more ransomware attacks than any other industry in 2022.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 24, 2022

The framework aims to create a comprehensive cybersecurity framework for healthcare to meet HIPAA Security Rule requirements. Healthcare organizations and providers are invited to provide feedback through September 21, 2022. NIST Cybersecurity Framework & the HIPAA Security Rule.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 31, 2022

Security breaches in healthcare are increasing, and so are the costs. The 2022 IBM Data Breach Report shows that financial damages resulting from security breaches have been the highest in the healthcare industry for 12 consecutive years. Detailing data breaches from March 2021 to March 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2023

Protecting Data Through Stronger Cybersecurity and Network Resilience With the increasing use of technology in healthcare, cybersecurity has become a critical concern. In 2022, the healthcare industry rose to the second most attacked industry in the United States and third most attacked globally.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 3, 2023

Read more… How A Security Operations Center Can Help Maintain Healthcare Cybersecurity. Increasing costs for cybersecurity insurance are hitting many health systems hard. Verifying patient identity and requiring authentication on an ongoing basis can help safeguard providers against fraud , said Bala Kumar at Jumio.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

HHS released a new Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity strategy paper which cited a 93% increase in large breaches from 2018 – 2022 and a 278% increase in large breaches caused by ransomware.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Recent research from Skyhigh Security confirms that the healthcare industry is picking up its pace of cloud adoption, but that it remains slower to embrace the cloud than other industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

According to MarketsandMarkets , the global cybersecurity market is estimated to grow from 173.5 billion in 2022 to 266.2 Cybersecurity enhancements are driven by increased target-based cyber-attacks to draw operational disruptions. billion by 2027.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the pandemic, we know healthcare organizations were forced to quickly digitize, ramping up technological capabilities to meet the needs of patients — namely through virtual appointments and other telehealth offerings. Brian Selfridge, Healthcare Cybersecurity & Risk Leader at CORL Technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Purpose-built for healthcare, Censinet RiskOps TM is the world’s first and only cloud-based, HIPAA-secure risk exchange that enables healthcare organizations to share and manage risk data to strengthen cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

Announcements from HIMSS Lack of staff is the top barrier to robust cybersecurity for 61% of healthcare organizations, according to the HIMSS 2022 Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey Report. You can also visit our HIMSS23 page to see all our coverage of health IT’s biggest event.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

Healthcare systems in the U.S. In 2022, for example, the combination of COVID-19, labor shortages, and inflation resulted in one of the worst financial years ever for U.S. If that sounds low, it’s because it is; multiple studies have found that enterprises spend anywhere from 10% to 20% of their IT budgets on security on average.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cyberattacks on healthcare institutions are not only particularly galling, they’re growing. Healthcare organizations were hit with 1,426 attacks per week in 2022, a 60 percent increase over the previous year, according to Check Point Research. This is what most of us thought when we read this story.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 27, 2022

According to HIPAA journal , during the first half of 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Here are some of the most common cybersecurity challenges in healthcare and ways to address these issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. About Ryan Witt Ryan Witt is a healthcare cybersecurity leader at the cybersecurity company Proofpoint.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2023

Healthcare risk management company Censinet, KLAS Research, and the American Hospital Association (AHA) published their inaugural Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study. Overall, the study concluded, organizations are still taking a reactive and not a proactive approach to cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 26, 2022

It’s impossible to put a value on the trust your patients place in your organization to protect and safely store the data created in the course of caring for the community. Hospitals and health systems have more to lose than organizations in other sectors when it comes to the impact of hacking activities and patient […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Originally announced November 28th, 2022. The company also provides secure, cloud-based enterprise imaging as-a-service in partnership with Canon Medical, to help hospitals store, analyze, protect, and share medical images. To learn more visit www.gocloudwave.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2022

When we talk about cybersecurity, we often like to talk about the financial elements of a breach. No doubt the financial impact is extremely important and can cost an organization dearly if they’re not prepared. You also often hear about the reputation impact a breach has on an organization when the breach hits the local […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 8, 2022

Coming out of the HIMSS conference, one of the top topics at the conference was cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2022

Cybersecurity is not usually a top-of-mind item during a merger or acquisition, but experts say it should be. It doesn’t matter if you are a healthcare provider or a health IT company, there are real threats to data and system security as the organizations integrate together.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2023

Healthcare saw a 368% increase in phishing attacks form 2021 to 2022 , according to a report from Zscaler ThreatLabz. Believe it or not, that figure placed healthcare fifth among all industries, behind education, finance, insurance, and government. Noyo achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance for its benefits data management platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. Hackers are finding holes in the gaps created by fragmented systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

2) Over 60% of pediatricians said that they were burnt out and unhappy in their current practice in 2022. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

Many generative AI startups that emerged in late 2022- early 2023 will be forced to close shop or pivot , driven mainly by rapid technological and regulatory changes. This personalized communication will be not only reactive but also proactive, predicting the patient’s needs based on their medical history and preferences.

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