What's next for cybersecurity in 2021? Ransomware-as-a-service, DDoS and more
This year saw unprecedented changes in the cybersecurity landscape, with rapid telehealth rollouts and massive shifts to at-home work highlighting new vulnerabilities.In 2021, experts predicted at the...
View ArticleCEO's perspective: Cybersecurity is a strategic imperative
In one session at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum Digital Summit on Monday, Bryan Kirby, vice president of IT and cybersecurity recruiting firm Kirby Partners, noted that too many healthcare...
View ArticleEndpoint security is vital, even as 'the definition of endpoint itself has...
As health systems become increasingly connected, the number of potential vulnerabilities also arise in the form of endpoints.Experts at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum this week outlined the...
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Vaccine distribution pipeline faces serious cybersecurity risks
The looming rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has sparked hope among frontline workers, at-risk patients and members of the public. But the numerous steps involved with the distribution process and the...
View ArticleCISA says security vulnerability found in GE imaging and ultrasound devices
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced this week that new vulnerabilities have been detected in an array of radiology tools – CT and PET...
View Article2020: Why it has been the year of healthcare IT disruption
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View ArticleHow Healthvana is innovating delivery of COVID-19 test results
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How top EHR vendors are prepping their systems for COVID-19 vaccines
Never in the history of electronic health records has there been a more important public health recordkeeping task than the one that is at hand at this very moment in the nation’s history: tracking...
View ArticleThe biggest healthcare data breaches reported in 2020
This year shone a spotlight on cybersecurity, with federal agencies warning in October of an "increased an imminent" cyber threat to hospitals fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic.But not every security...
View ArticleRansomware attack derails UVM's Epic implementation timeline
The University of Vermont Health Network announced this week that it was slowing down the planned rollout of its Epic electronic health record implementation following a cyberattack that is continuing...
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FDA action plan puts focus on AI-enabled software as medical device
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week published its first action plan for how it intends to spur development and oversight of safe, patient-centric artificial intelligence and machine...
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CHI Franciscan's AI-fueled Mission Control Center reaps enormous wins
CHI Franciscan, the Pacific Northwest Division of CommonSpirit Health, consists of 12 hospitals with more than 12,000 employees – including over 8,000 providers and nurses, more than 200 primary and...
View ArticleExcellus will pay $5.1M to OCR after data breach affects 9.3M people
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights announced Friday that Excellus Health Plan, also known as Excellus BlueCrossBlueShield, has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle...
View ArticleAddressing telehealth's cybersecurity risk will be an industry-wide problem
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...
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MultiCare gains major efficiencies with new OR scheduling system
As the U.S. continues to combat the relentless coronavirus, one of the biggest decisions looming for hospitals is putting forth a plan on how to handle elective surgeries. To help hospitals during...
View ArticleLast-mile delivery expert offers key advice on handling vaccine rollout
The U.S. is continuing to ramp-up its COVID-19 vaccine delivery efforts. It's priority No. 1 for the new Biden Administration.Khaled Naim, CEO and cofounder of Onfleet, a vendor of last-mile delivery...
View ArticleBiden cybersecurity team to be bolstered with wave of seasoned experts
President Joe Biden reportedly plans to nominate Obama-era officials to key cyber positions as the government continues to respond to high-profile digital threats.According to Reuters and CyberScoop,...
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Luma Health launches new tools to expedite COVID-19 vaccine programs
Luma Health, a patient-engagement-platform vendor, has debuted a new set of solutions to enable rapid end-to-end vaccine delivery and operations.WHAT HAPPENEDThe Luma Health COVID-19 Vaccine Operations...
View ArticleOvercoming vaccine hesitancy with outreach campaigns
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View ArticleVMware Carbon Black's healthcare users faced 239M attempted cyberattacks in 2020
A retrospective report released this week by the cybersecurity software vendor VMware Carbon Black found that there were 239.4 million attempted cyberattacks targeting its healthcare customers in 2020....
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