While the research spotlighted the healthcare sector’s cybersecurity progress – earning it a “better than expected” B+ security rating for the first half of 2024, weaknesses in application and endpoint security present significant supply…
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Remote patient monitoring has been taking the spotlight in health IT, and the number of hospitals and health systems embracing this approach to patient care in the home has been increasing.What’s more, the number…
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Protected patient information needed for better care coordination will flow better in Texas through a new partnership with C3HIE, but maybe not as well in Oklahoma where legislators decided to back off on a…
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Brian Montgomery, Expert Security Engineer, Altera Digital Health
Being an avid soccer fan, player, and coach, I’ve heard countless times that “the best defense is a good offense.” As a cybersecurity professional, the concept of…
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Jake Madders, co-founder and director of Hyve Managed Hosting
Based on last year’s research by PWC, the majority of health services organizations have already transitioned to the cloud or are in the process of doing…
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Arun Shrestha, CEO and Co-Founder of BeyondID
Between January 1 and April 1, 2024, at least 16.6 million individuals were impacted by data breaches across the healthcare industry. Of those, 16.3 million – or 98…
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After cyberattacks, large healthcare organizations must grapple with system clean-up and data breaches, potentially harming patient care due to service disruptions, exacting costs and garnering regulatory scrutiny on security vulnerabilities. This week we learned that the May…
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By Victoria Bailey
March 14, 2024 – As of the first week of March, 116 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2024, impacting over 13 million individuals….
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The following is a guest article by Justin Kozak, Life Sciences Specialist at Founder Shield
In an era where digital innovation drives healthcare forward, healthtech companies are at the forefront of a double-edged sword. On one side,…
The uptick in malevolent data breaches at hospitals has been a worrying trend for the U.S. health system. From 2018-2022, there has been a 93% increase in large breaches reported to the Department of…
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