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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In Singapore's public health facilities, for example, about 15% or over 16,000 medical devices have Internet connectivity. THE LARGER CONTEXT More and more medical devices are getting hooked up to hospital and home networks and the Internet.

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7 Quick Steps to Preventing Telehealth IT Security Threats

Telebehavioral Health Institute

With the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, administrators, managers, supervisors, and clinicians may want to quickly run through a checklist of cybersecurity precautions. Discretionary enforcement of HIPAA ends along with the ending of the PHE.

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GOA & IBM Data Breach Report Reveal Alarming Security Breaches in Healthcare

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Though many companies insure themselves against business interruption costs due to security breaches in healthcare, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that insurers limit their exposure to cyberattack losses. For example: Scripps Health suffered a massive cybersecurity attack in May 2021.

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

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. This can prove invaluable for economically challenged health systems that simply cannot afford a costly data breach. are under tremendous financial strain.

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Cybersecurity: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst

Healthcare IT Today

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. Hackers are finding holes in the gaps created by fragmented systems.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

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 Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data. For example, caregivers can supplement care delivery with predictive care plans to drive improved outcomes.