Respect the Threat: Obama Gives Data Security Some Needed Momentum

The recent focus on data security from President Obama and the Attorney General of the State of New York is encouraging for healthcare, even if the industry isn’t the specific focus of these legislative efforts.

Every year, I see Mac McMillan at HIMSS and wonder if he’ll ever be positive.

Of course I’m joking, but in a way you can’t blame McMillan—a renowned data security expert, chair of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Privacy and Security Policy Task Force, and CEO of the consulting firm, CynergisTek—for being a “Debbie Downer.” Data security in healthcare has been and is abysmal.