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Don’t Let the Adversary Operate In Your Blind Spot

Healthcare IT Today

Identify every asset or system in the environment and continually perform a risk analysis to understand what risks are present. It is impossible to protect your data and the safety of your patients and employees without knowing what you must protect.

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Healthcare Must Embrace a Tech Mindset in the Fight Against Cyber Criminals

Healthcare IT Today

Today, heathcare organizations need a comprehensive threat intelligence network which involves the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data about cybersecurity threats. Healthcare organizations must prioritize cybersecurity in their strategic planning and resource allocation.

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Recent HHS Settlement Underscores the Importance Compliance Plays in Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

Whether you need HIPAA, OSHA, SOC 2, or all three, your compliance program is fully customizable. Remove the complexities and stress of compliance, increase patient loyalty and the profitability of your business, and reduce risk.

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Featured Health IT Job: Manager – Senior Cyber Security Architect

Healthcare IT Today

Act as a solutions-focused business partner to our Architecture, Engineering, DevOps, IT, and Cybersecurity teams and Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements. Demonstrated knowledge of HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR and SOC. Licensure/Certification: CISSP-ISSAP.

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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.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, Vice President of Services Commercialization & Strategy at CenTrak Secure cloud technology adoption is surging in healthcare and at CenTrak. Moving into 2024, I foresee exponential growth in cloud technology use to expedite clinical analysis and mitigate data loss risks.

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Healthcare AI Regulations and Ethics – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Rapid issue correction triggered by changes in performance, which involves root-cause analysis, data updates, and model retraining to uphold accuracy. Both HIPAA and related state laws create strict guidelines and restrictions on collecting, using, and maintaining patient-protected health information.

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