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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Although a new report suggests that the healthcare industry slightly improved its security posture this year compared to last, it warns that increased provider reliance on telehealth since the COVID-19 pandemic now presents a new slate of risks to patient data. THE LARGER TREND.

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Addressing telehealth's cybersecurity risk will be an industry-wide problem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Experts have repeatedly predicted that telehealth would present a major challenge for healthcare cybersecurity in the coming year. But it's not enough to know telehealth is likely to be an issue. The real task is working collaboratively to address those dangers.

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When It Comes Telehealth Security, We Don’t Want A Free-For-All

Healthcare IT Today

On the other hand, when it comes to telehealth security, it’s looking more and more as though establishing routine practices and following security best practices is a good idea. At present, there’s still a lot of ways […].

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Facebook (Meta) Sued Over Data Privacy Practices in Healthcare With Meta Pixel

Telebehavioral Health Institute

With the tracker present within password-protected patient portals, packets of data were allegedly sent to Facebook whenever someone clicked a button to schedule a doctor’s appointment. Facebook’s use of Meta Pixel amid ever-increasing healthcare cybersecurity concerns raises many questions.

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Telehealth and Cybersecurity: Is Your Crisis Solution Putting You at Risk?

GlobalMed

But the Covid-19 pandemic has forced nearly everyone in healthcare to reckon with both, thanks to two dynamics: The rapid adoption of telehealth solutions. telehealth claims were filed between April and July 2020, a?4,000%?year-over-year The post Telehealth and Cybersecurity: Is Your Crisis Solution Putting You at Risk?

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GlobalMed Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Examination

GlobalMed

While the COVID-19 emergency sparked a surge in telemedicine adoption and relaxed security and reimbursement rules, it also presented an increased threat to healthcare cybersecurity. As telehealth enabled remote connections to help limit exposure and contamination, it also increased risk across applications. “We

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Driving Innovation in Healthcare: How an Ecosystem Approach to IoMT has the Potential to Transform Patient Care and Cost Management

Healthcare IT Today

To enable this shift, it’s crucial for healthcare organizations to create a strategy and infrastructure that will allow them to utilize these inputs in a coordinated way while optimizing patient care workflows to leverage this data. However, it is usually piecemealed.