Rural hospitals are more vulnerable to cyberattacks – here's how they can...
Cyber incidents at healthcare organizations have become a regular occurrence in recent years, with ransomware attacks and hacking sometimes leading to weeks-long network shutdowns. And although...
View ArticleDos and don'ts for managing ransomware risk in healthcare
By now it should come as no surprise to anyone in the industry that healthcare is the juiciest target for hackers attacking with ransomware. In a nutshell, healthcare has the most valuable data and has...
View ArticleU of M, along with manufacturers, launches Center for Medical Device...
The University of Minnesota announced that it was launching a new Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity aimed at fostering collaborations among university, industry and government representatives....
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View ArticleResearchers say 'essential questions remain' about telehealth's diagnostic...
Researchers from the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine released an issue brief this week aimed at exploring the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and future prospects of...
View ArticleExecutives have yet to fully commit to digital, consumer-centric care,...
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View ArticleHHS cybersecurity arm warns against BlackMatter ransomware
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has released a warning about BlackMatter, a newly surfaced ransomware that the agency called "highly sophisticated" and "financially motivated."The...
View ArticleJAMA report calls on EHR vendors to do annual safety self-assessments
A new op-ed published in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers some suggestions for a "shared responsibility" for electronic health record safety.WHY IT MATTERS This past month, the...
View ArticleCerner nets $134M to continue deploying EHR at VA centers
The Department of Veterans Affairs has allocated $134 million to Cerner to continue deploying its electronic health record at VA medical centers.According to reporting from Fed Health IT and...
View ArticleEpic's director of nursing discusses new research on its sepsis early warning...
A new independent study in the Journal of Critical Care Medicine found that Epic's sepsis early warning system led to faster antibiotic administration and better patient outcomes without an increase in...
View ArticleApple releases emergency update to fix spyware vulnerability
Apple pushed emergency software updates on Monday to address a vulnerability discovered by security researchers that allowed a spyware known as Pegasus to secretly infect devices. As outlined in a...
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UCHealth gains care improvements and cost efficiencies with bed management tool
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital is located in Aurora, Colorado, and is part of UCHealth, a health system serving Colorado, southern Wyoming and areas of Nebraska. The hospital is home to 703...
View ArticleHealth Choice Network to launch $400M Epic EHR rollout
Health Choice Network this week announced a new partnership with Epic to broaden the technology offerings for its providers. HCN officials are calling the $400 million integrated electronic health...
View ArticleHive ransomware group attacks Missouri health center
A health center in southeastern Missouri is the latest victim of the Hive ransomware group.According to reporting from St. Louis Public Radio's Shahla Farzan, the Missouri Delta Medical Center in...
View ArticlePonemon study finds link between ransomware, increased mortality rate
A report released Wednesday by the Ponemon Institute found that ransomware attacks in the time of COVID-19 have had an impact on patient safety, data and overall care availability. For the report,...
View ArticleAI development must be guided by ethics, human wellbeing and responsible...
The topic of ethics and artificial intelligence is not new, but businesses and policy creators should prioritize human wellbeing and environmental flourishing – also known as societal value – in the...
View ArticleCancer patient sues UCSD Health over 500K-record info breach
A patient in El Cajon, California, sued University of California, San Diego Health this past week over a security breach that potentially exposed the private information of 495,949 patients. The...
View ArticleRansomware is leading hospital boards to pour more money into cybersecurity
Ransomware has been plaguing healthcare provider organizations for some time now. The onset of the COVID-19, in fact, brought even more attacks.Steve Smerz is chief information security officer at Halo...
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Using communications tech, Intermountain redesigns pharmacy services for...
The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disrupted many standard processes and protocols in hospitals across the country. Likewise, the pandemic disrupted clinical and operational workflows for...
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