Healthcare IT Today

MAY 29, 2024

Training healthcare staff to recognize and respond to phishing attempts, implementing robust access controls and encryption protocols, and conducting regular vulnerability assessments are just a few examples of essential cybersecurity practices.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Governments are starting to act in response to the growing amount of cyber threats in the healthcare industry. For example, New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a statewide proposal that calls for healthcare facilities to strengthen and protect their networks, which are critical to providing patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

For example, a report from Sophos found that 66% of healthcare organizations reported ransomware attacks last year, jumping from 34% in 2020. In 2023, health systems must make cybersecurity a top priority, otherwise, they will be putting patient data at risk.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

All organizations, including those in critical infrastructure industries such as healthcare, need to consider a three-pronged approach to protecting sensitive data: monitoring user behavior, looking at content accessed by users, and applying additional controls to the most highly targeted users—for example, those with privileged access.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Perform Vendor Risk Assessments Given the prevalence of data leaks in the healthcare sector, it’s essential to utilize a cybersecurity framework that considers risks brought to your organization by external parties. For example, suppose your hospital wants to use a new SaaS application that stores sensitive data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2020

Though the Internet of Things (IoT) is proving its value in many industries, perhaps the most significant benefits to consumers can be found in healthcare. Here’s a prime example: Health organizations can deploy IoT to remotely monitor patients’ blood […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

It is an exciting moment in time within the healthcare sector as we’re witnessing the accelerating pace at which technology is both developed and adopted. For example, caregivers can supplement care delivery with predictive care plans to drive improved outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2023 PATCH Act requires manufacturers to meet criteria for the cybersecurity and transparency of their products and to support them with security patches across their full lifecycles. For example, the U.S. In 2024, government intervention will continue.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

For example, if there is bias inherent in tools being used for hiring, the EEOC will step in and change the requirements. In 2024, regulators should focus on AI’s role within specific use cases – not on the technology as a whole. Rather than having a single AI law, we need to see updates to existing regulations that utilize AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. When decommissioning healthcare systems to archive legacy data, there are often significant tradeoffs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

Additionally, this plan should outline, for example, whether to divert patients to another working facility or reschedule appointments. A contingency plan is also necessary for organizations to efficiently switch to manual systems if a breach occurs for tasks such as patient intake, lab orders, billing, charting, etc.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In March 2023, for example, Cerebral, a telehealth platform that provides online therapy and medication management to millions of users, reported a healthcare data breach that impacted more than 3.1 million individuals that stemmed from its use of tracking pixels.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One example of leveraging AI as a tool to integrate new information sources could be by integrating natural language processing to both recognize audio, visual, and written communications and provide additional context or patient information from their EHR in real-time.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

Data also brings in a preventative aspect – take a patient with chronic kidney disease, for example. For example, interactive patient care systems (IPS) utilize video connection, language interpretation, body language, and custom health education capabilities to engage each unique patient in the way that’s most effective.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, athletes’ recovery times from ACL/UCL reconstructions basically halved in time from what they used to be. Across the healthcare ecosystem, I expect retail pharmacies, payors, and providers to continue teaming up with telehealth startups to deliver affordable, specialized care for patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, we must weigh the benefits of human rapport against the shrinking healthcare dollar as we consider the potentially positive impacts of AI. A glaring example underscores the urgency: a single site navigating a staggering 22 different systems daily.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example, AI-powered speech recognition helps dentists and hygienists seamlessly capture notes during a patient visit without stopping and physically entering information.

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