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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News, exclusively covering cybersecurity and government policy. She writes the bi-weekly HITN Cybersecurity Checkup and is lead editor for Women in Health IT.

By Jessica Davis | 10:38 am | May 08, 2018
The Pennsylvania health system will launch a 1,000-patient pilot in six months with a systemwide rollout planned for the near future, said Geisinger President David Feinberg, MD.
By Jessica Davis | 05:24 pm | May 04, 2018
The bill is a compromise from proposals made in the fall and would let veterans see a private sector provider if a VA provider agrees it’s in their best interest.
By Jessica Davis | 02:56 pm | May 04, 2018
The agency is hoping to build a database, including information from Veterans Affairs, to track adverse drug reactions through data mining and visualization.
By Jessica Davis | 12:46 pm | May 04, 2018
While gap analysis can find existing vulnerabilities in an organization’s security, it’s not an equal substitution for HIPAA-required risk analysis.
By Jessica Davis | 03:39 pm | May 03, 2018
The latest HIMSS cross-sector threat report outlines the growing strength of cryptomining software to line the pockets of hackers, and the need for healthcare organizations to be more proactive.
By Jessica Davis | 03:40 pm | May 02, 2018
While the White House claims former VA Secretary Shulkin resigned, Shulkin disagrees, and that discrepancy is what two veterans groups claim make Trump’s choice unlawful.
By Jessica Davis | 05:35 pm | May 01, 2018
Discovered in October, the fundamental WP2 protocol vulnerability can cause a complete loss of control of data and let a hacker launch a man-in-the-middle attack.
By Jessica Davis | 04:01 pm | May 01, 2018
The planned update is just the latest move to improve the National Health Services since WannaCry.
By Jessica Davis | 04:59 pm | April 30, 2018
Issues with data standardization and the differences in regulations inhibit their potential.
By Jessica Davis | 12:39 pm | April 27, 2018
While the Defense Department has hailed the pilot stage of its Cerner EHR implementation as successful, Sen. Patty Murray outlined a list of concerns over tech issues.