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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

These new ideas and technologies are only successful, however, if enough people collectively take notice and talk about it in order to make it trend. But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT.

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5 Ways to Close the Cloud Security Gaps in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by TJ Houske, Senior Vice President of Technology, Operations, and Engineering at OTAVA Ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations doubled in the last five years, according to a new study by JAMA Health Forum. The most common victims have been health clinics.

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

Healthcare IT Today

One of hospital IT’s traditional concerns – hospital data stored in a vendor’s data center – can be a source of relief in a ransomware attack. Vendors should be ready to assist with data extracts when a hospital comes calling and hospital IT should leverage these relationships. What do you think?

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Lessons From a Ransomware Attack: The Importance of Partnership & Collaboration

Healthcare IT Today

Now imagine that business is a hospital. If this cyberattack trend continues, what chance do organizations have to protect themselves and the reams of personally identifiable information (PII) they handle? It serves 80,000 people and it’s the only one within 10,000 square miles. In 2021, those numbers rose to 847,376 and $6.9

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. Adoption of certified HIT has reached 96% in hospitals and this is a great foundation for improving prior auths and patient cost transparency.

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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

Rural providers especially feel the pinch, as medical centers often have trouble attracting the talent they need, and many hospitals are increasingly closing their doors. The antidote to these trends is the automation of processes. Providers need a health IT platform that supports needed customizations and telehealth integrations.

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks

Healthcare IT Today

These types of vulnerable clinical systems also add another pathway for launching a ransomware attack on a hospital. It is not hard to imagine the magnitude of impact if malicious actors obtain control over medical systems and remove them from operation at a hospital with hundreds of beds.