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Telehealth and Cybersecurity: Is Your Crisis Solution Putting You at Risk?

GlobalMed

In the last 20 years, telemedicine has radically cut healthcare costs and brought life-saving care into rural and underserved areas ; during the same period, cybercrime has boomed, with attackers repeatedly targeting healthcare organizations’ rich stores of valuable data. telehealth claims were filed between April and July 2020, a?4,000%?year-over-year

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. You can also visit our HIMSS23 page to see all our coverage of health IT’s biggest event.

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How Healthcare Can Embrace the Cloud Without Jeopardizing Data

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Rodman Ramezanian, Global Cloud Threat Lead at Skyhigh Security Healthcare, like other sectors, is undergoing a massive digital transformation to meet the changing needs of patients and workers. So what’s causing this hesitancy?

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

Close For Clinicians For Employers Telehealth Jobs Family Medicine General Practice Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Psychiatry / Mental Health Hospitalist Dont see your specialty? For Broad Digital Health and Telehealth News 3.

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Healthcare Organizations at Risk: BYOD and Mobile Devices are Increasing Cybersecurity Concerns

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Kern Smith, Mobile Security Expert at Zimperium The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way healthcare is delivered to patients. and sadly, often cannot be replaced.

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7 Quick Steps to Preventing Telehealth IT Security Threats

Telebehavioral Health Institute

With hacker activity at an all-time high due to COVID-related disturbances and increasing health IT security attacks from Russia , professionals may want to take a step back to evaluate their clinical and payment systems to prevent Telehealth IT security threats. Privacy and concerns in telehealth include threats to healthcare billing.