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How to Ensure Healthcare Data Security

HealthStream

Health IT Security just released the following five ways that healthcare organizations can safeguard protected health information (PHI) by instituting up-to-date cybersecurity measures.

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Is this the right step in interoperability?

David Chou

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) further bolstered this transition to a modern healthcare system. These organizations have committed to meeting a 12-month goal of achieving interoperability by joining the nationwide healthcare data exchange network created through TEFCA.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

However, when the cost of hospital cyber incident remediation tops $10 million and cyber insurance continues to skyrocket, IT leaders and the C-suite must take healthcare data security seriously. What Should Be Included in a SOC?

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CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients

CMS.gov

It’s 2018—most doctors are using electronic health records (EHRs) and most patients have access to the Internet and a smartphone, providing many ways to view healthcare data securely. Patients should expect health IT that enhances their care coordination instead of disrupting it.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

Related Stories Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare Texting patient information – The latest from CMS Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv. We are awash in data. But we can't access data when and where we need it. by Daniel G.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

Related Stories Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare Texting patient information – The latest from CMS Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv. We are awash in data. But we can't access data when and where we need it. by Daniel G.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

According to an excellent whitepaper describing a case study of Medrec , a platform utilizing blockchain technology, health information interoperability is facilitated with the use of blockchain. However, interestingly, interoperability of blockchain itself remains as much a Holy Grail as interoperability of digital healthcare data.