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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

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? Last year, 699 breaches affected 51.4

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The New Healthcare Truths of 2022

Healthcare IT Today

This time last year, we healthcare leaders were excited to be looking ahead to 2021 and leaving 2020 firmly behind us. The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum. But our dreams of putting the pandemic in the past were put on pause. Now, […].

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ViVE 2024: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

Interoperability and health data exchange: Ensuring seamless data flow between different systems and platforms. 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.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

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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Weekly Roundup – June 3, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… Unpacking Surescripts’ Commitment to Interoperability. Read more… How A Security Operations Center Can Help Maintain Healthcare Cybersecurity. Increasing costs for cybersecurity insurance are hitting many health systems hard.

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Bonus Features, HIMSS Edition – April 18, 2023 – Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI dominate the headlines, plus news from Oracle, Orion Health, Salesforce, Surescripts, WebMD, and more

Healthcare IT Today

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. Interoperability vendor ELLKAY appointed Ajay Kapare as President and Chief Strategy Officer.

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Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Healthcare IT Today

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. AI and virtual care are the top clinical technology investments.