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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 | 01:22 pm | July 18, 2018
Employees fell victim to a targeted phishing campaign, which may have exposed sensitive data for some patients, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information.
By Jessica Davis | 11:07 am | July 18, 2018
Two employee email accounts were breached by phishing attacks, which potentially gave hackers access to a trove of highly sensitive data that varied by patient.
By Jessica Davis | 04:56 pm | July 17, 2018
Announced Tuesday at Microsoft Inspire, the ‘bring your own keys’ tool lets healthcare organizations create, update and revoke encryption keys on demand.
By Jessica Davis | 12:52 pm | July 17, 2018
Hackers breached one of the largest clinical laboratories over the weekend, forcing a shutdown of the network to contain the cyberattack.
By Jessica Davis | 05:21 pm | July 13, 2018
A breach in financial services, the second most expensive sector, costs only half of what hospitals wind up spending.
By Jessica Davis | 12:33 pm | July 13, 2018
Deputy National Coordinator Genevieve Morris will work closely with the Veterans Health Administration and the VA CIO on the new $16 billion Cerner EHR.
By Jessica Davis | 04:07 pm | July 12, 2018
The newest variant of the prolific ransomware forms this year has been updated to include a stolen National Security Agency exploit.
By Jessica Davis | 01:45 pm | July 12, 2018
Congress says it will conduct more rigorous oversight amid concerns about the project’s cost and alignment with the defense department’s electronic health record roll-out.
By Jessica Davis | 04:21 pm | July 11, 2018
Emergency and stroke patients are still being diverted to ensure patients receive the best possible care, but the Missouri health system remains fully operational thanks to its prepared incident response plan.
By Jessica Davis | 03:30 pm | July 10, 2018
Two prominent women leaders discuss the obstacles they overcame and share lessons learned along the way to successful careers.