Privacy & Security

A cyberattack on May 8 against healthcare giant Ascension resulted in the medical data of 5.

A large children’s hospital is seeing significant cost and time savings after implementing RFID to track high-value medications.

Janice Reese, program manager of FAST (FHIR at Scale Task Force), says making patient access simpler is a key benefit, along with identity consent and security.

The Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act, introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly, offers statutory protections for HC3 and funds a grant program to help small and medium-sized hospitals bolster their defenses, among other provisions.

Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss why healthcare organizations should assess their vulnerability and prepare for ransomware attacks.  

The shutdown disrupted critical healthcare services across the state and exposed Nebraskans' PHI, the lawsuit alleges.

Vijayashree Natarajan, SVP and head of technology at Omega Healthcare, predicts these three areas of health IT will be key next year – and explains why.

Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says hospitals and health systems need to effectively make use of their whole cybersecurity staff, whether it's a team of 50, five – or even a single person.