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Project Oak: Google's major breakthrough in healthcare data security and privacy technology?

Lloyd Price

Project Oak is still under development, but it has the potential to revolutionise the way healthcare data is handled. As it matures, it is likely to become more widely adopted in the healthcare industry. It is still under development, but it is already gaining attention from privacy experts and the tech industry.

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Is this the right step in interoperability?

David Chou

The healthcare industry is rapidly transforming with the adoption of healthcare IT and digital healthcare solutions. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) further bolstered this transition to a modern healthcare system.

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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. Today, that figure is nearly 79%, which means that bad actors are specifically targeting the healthcare industry.

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Volume of Healthcare Data Breaches Grows, With External Threats Taking The Lead

Healthcare IT Today

A new report tracking data breaches has found that as with other industries, the bulk of healthcare attacks were perpetrated by external actors. It also concluded that the number of attacks targeting healthcare organizations continues to grow.

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Cybercriminals Are Selling Admin Access To Patient Portals

Healthcare IT Today

Another day, another scheme to profit from the high prices commanded by healthcare data. This time, the industry is confronting a new wave of cybercrime in which intruders are selling access to patient portals.

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5 Ways Health Systems Can Improve Their Cybersecurity in 2018

Redox

Last year was a discouraging one for healthcare data security, and this year seems to be off to a rocky start as well. According to a survey by KPMG, 47 percent of healthcare providers and health plans said they had faced security-related HIPAA violations or cyber-attacks that compromised patient data in 2017.

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CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients

CMS.gov

If the patient truly is what our healthcare system seeks to serve, then the patient must be the focal point of all policies and private industry decision-making. CMS is committed to leveraging innovation to truly empower patients with their own data, decisions, and care.