Privacy & Security
This week's top stories include providers looking for an extension of the pandemic public health emergency that created waivers and flexibilities, and Oracle databases powering Cerner systems at DOD, Coast Guard and VA sites went offline for hours.
When implemented correctly, these programs can effectively crowdsource security research and testing services to help uncover real world exploitable vulnerabilities.
KSB Hospital VP and CIO Ray Sharp discusses telehealth, cybersecurity training for personnel and how patient data can support clinical decision-making.
This week's top stories include HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center cautioning about potential cybersecurity risks of EHRs, and, in a show of bipartisan support, more than 60 U.S. Senators ask the CMS to keep MA rates stable.
This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic ceasing the scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital's response to COVID-19-related social media posts that accused providers of murder.
While compliance-based frameworks are not without merit, it is important that they be viewed as minimum acceptable standards and not as end goals.
Health-ISAC chief security officer Errol Weiss discusses ransomware and risks to the healthcare industry this year, including spear phishing and third-party breaches.
This week's top stories include SCOTUS striking down a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while upholding another one for healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and warnings of threat actors leveraging flaws in Log4J.
This week's top stories include a class action complaint accusing QRS of failing to secure, monitor and maintain protected patient data following a breach, and New York's booster mandate that aims to protect the health of a stretched-thin workforce.
This week's top stories include a guilty verdict for Elizabeth Holmes on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and a data breach at Broward Health that affected the personal information of patients and staff members.