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The 'internet of healthy things' poses unique privacy challenges

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Connected Health Initiative Senior Policy Counsel Brian Scarpelli believes that the virtual care environment is here to stay. The panelists cited the increasing value of health data as a commodity, with connected devices posing a tempting target for bad actors. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Cybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up

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"Mass adoption of this technology will lead to new cybercrime focus, with an emphasis on stealing patient data to enable fraud, target health data in ransomware attacks, trick patients in social engineering schemes, and target remote patient monitoring devices," wrote the report authors. WHY IT MATTERS.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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New HHS Secretary Becerra urged to expand digital health access

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But right away, even as they congratulated him, healthcare technology stakeholders called on him to support innovation across the industry. "CHI looks forward to working with Secretary Becerra and HHS to bring the American healthcare system into the 21st century," he added. ON THE RECORD. Twitter: @kjercich.