Privacy & Security

In the newest edition of HIT Cybersecurity, Bob Barrett, senior director of security and IT assurance at HIMSS, offers tips and best practices for educating employees and instilling good cyber hygiene practices.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock recaps some of May's top healthcare stories, including an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccine via texts, alerts and even dating apps; Walmart's acquisition of MeMD; and a malware attack on Scripps.

This week's top stories include a cyberattack that led to a network outage at Scripps Health, the HRSA telling six drugmakers they're in violation of the 340B statute and Google giving a sneak peek into its new AI dermatology assistant.

In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, attorney Wynter Deagle, partner at Troutman Pepper, discusses what health systems should be thinking about in terms of incident response, cyber insurance and other compliance questions.

Rita Bowen, vice president of privacy, compliance and HIM policy at MRO, discusses how the changes could affect healthcare provider organizations.

This week's top stories include a ransomware attack affecting multiple healthcare providers, insurers' concerns that telehealth reimbursement parity may lead to overutilization, and the FDA greenlighting Bigfoot's diabetes management system.

Keys to modernization include a shift from a hardware-centric architecture to a more software-defined model and extending data to the cloud while focusing on security, says Aamir Siddiqi, VMware's director of Healthcare End User Computing.

Deep Dive: With ransomware attacks now the top security risk facing healthcare organizations, as cybercriminals' tactics evolve in dangerous ways, security professionals offer tips and best practices for safeguarding against the threat.

This week's top stories include the Biden administration aiming to get 70% of adults at least one vaccine dose by July 4 and a report finding that ransomware continues to be a major threat to the healthcare industry.

In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins Medicine's Darren Lacey shares how healthcare providers can develop a more forward-leaning strategy.