Category: Security

By Dr. Michael Mathews, president, COO, CynergisTek As a chemical physicist by training, I find myself predisposed to wanting to understand how things work. Understanding basic concepts certainly isn’t foreign to most in healthcare, but over the weekend I was reminded that it’s never a bad idea to step back and ask “exactly how does…

0 Cybersecurity threats have certainly been front-and-center in the news lately. The latest in a Hit Parade of large corporations to acknowledge a breach, Sony Pictures, has reached the international stage with the reported involvement of North Korea. As noted by HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland, the Sony Pictures incident is evidence that hackers from increasingly…

It was, as always, an eventful year for the health information technology industry, everywhere from hospitals to physician practices, vendor headquarters to the halls of Congress. 2014 was marked by big stories about ICD-10, privacy and security and patient safety. It saw one of the biggest mergers in recent years, and pointed to new avenues…

One of the changes that as best I can tell has come from meaningful use (if there are other forces at play, I’d love to hear them) is the push to use certified MAs. A whole cottage industry has sprung up around certifying MAs. In fact, I even know some EHR vendors who are certifying…

In a recent trial for a research study, nearly half of patients with access to and control over their electronic medical record (EMR) chose to withhold clinically sensitive information. In a recent trial for a research study, nearly half of patients with access to and control over their electronic medical record (EMR) chose to withhold…

MacPractice previewed MacPractice 5.1 at a December trade show. Many new and enhanced features will be delivered with MacPractice MD 5.1 in Q1 2015, with an emphasis on industry first, fully integrated, comprehensive, communications services for doctors and their patients that is secure and HIPAA compliant. The leading Mac OS native medical software, both current…

The second major Boston hospital in as many months has reached a settlement agreement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office over a data breach. The second major Boston hospital in as many months has reached a settlement agreement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office over a data breach. Boston Children’s Hospital joins Beth Israel Deaconess…

This only partially applies to healthcare, but considering all the breaches from inside and outside of healthcare I thought that readers would find it useful. This infographic was created by Lifelock (you can imagine why they did). The best part of the infographic is the 8 suggestions at the end. We definitely have to be…

John Gomez is CEO of Sensato of Asbury Park, NJ. Tell me about yourself and the company. Security has been a huge passion for me. It’s something that I was involved in earlier on in my career and then drifted away from and most recently got back into. Sensato is an outcome of that passion.…

A big thanks to A. Akhter, MD for pointing out the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill (word is in Washington they’re calling it the CRomnibus bill) which asks ONC to address the interoperability challenges. HIMSS highlighted the 2 sections which apply to ONC and healthcare interoperability: “Office of the National Coordinator for Information Technology – Information…