Guided by a "human-centered" principle, there is nothing more critical to Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC), than protecting and promoting the lives of those with developmental disabilities. That is why TCRC proactively secures Personal Health Information (PHI) to protect the people behind that information. Critical...
Patient identity management is the prescription for improving remote patient access, portal adoption and patient satisfaction. Forward-thinking enterprises have realized that integrated proven strategies for identity management are a significant factor in success for both patients and providers.
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The healthcare industry is now the second most targeted vertical in the world, however despite increased regulatory oversight, cyber threat awareness and security investments, breaches continue to happen. Personal health information (PHI) and electronic health records (EHR) are particularly sensitive as they are...
Almost 6 million Americans had their patient records stolen or exposed in healthcare breaches over the past year with ransomware being a frequent and highly effective form of attack. Recent successful variants such as SamSam and Ryuk have caused an estimated $7 million in damages alone.
Clearly, ransomware is a...
Healthcare organizations are attractive targets for today's hackers due to reams of personal information providers process and store. These electronic health records are like digital gold to adversaries who sell them on the black market.
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The year's CrowdStrike® Global Threat Report offers one of the industry's most comprehensive reports on today's most damaging cyberattacks and dangerous adversaries. It contains valuable insights into the evolving threat landscape and includes recommendations that will help you be better prepared for the security...
With the advent of technology in personal healthcare - internet connected glucose monitors, intravenous blood pressure monitoring, personal best friend emotional bots - a lot of highly sensitive data that's rampantly traversing the airwaves. The impact of this data getting in the wrong hands is just starting to be...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
A lawsuit alleging that federal regulations "unlawfully" restrict fees healthcare entities can charge for providing patients with copies of their health records shines a spotlight of confusion and obstacle around patients' "right to access" under HIPAA.
Has the healthcare sector finally reached a data security tipping point? Dave Summitt, CISO of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and many of his peers think so. And it's about time.
The hack of health insurer Anthem exposes data on 80 million Americans. A breach of an electronic health records vendor affects dozens of clinics. A California hospital pays a ransom to get data decrypted by hackers. These and other headline-grabbing breaches are getting the attention of CEOs and boards of directors....
The U.S. House has passed a bill aimed at accelerating the advancement of medical innovation that contains a controversial provision calling for significant changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Healthcare CIOs are lobbying for the creation of a unique national patient identifier to facilitate secure national health information exchange. Leslie Krigstein of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives explains the initiative.
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