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New HIPAA Security Rule and Enforcement Coming in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to increase civil money penalties for HIPAA violations, increase HIPAA enforcement, and conduct proactive audits.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO at ClearDATA The recent Cybersecurity concept paper from HHS, while a gesture towards progress, falls critically short of what’s imperative in today’s climate. It’s time for HHS to mandate and enforce rigorous, prescriptive cybersecurity standards.

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Updates to NIST Cybersecurity Framework Under Review

Telebehavioral Health Institute

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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Healthcare Cyber Security 2023: Key M&A Themes and Future Trends

Lloyd Price

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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How Healthcare Can Embrace the Cloud Without Jeopardizing Data

Healthcare IT Today

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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A Prescription-Strength Formula for Stronger Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

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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Top Cybersecurity Issues Facing Healthcare Organizations

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

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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