Remove 2022 Remove Healthcare Cybersecurity Remove HIPAA Remove Public Health
article thumbnail

Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

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.

HIPAA 105
article thumbnail

Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

EHR 99
article thumbnail

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. With an increased number of touch points with the health system comes a more personalized approach to medicine. I believe/predict we will enable more equitable, high-value healthcare at scale.