Category: Security

The Associated Press reports that a number of state health exchanges that were supposed to link to the federal computer system were initially rated as “high risk.” …read more    

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will soon be releasing a security risk assessment tool, representatives from the agency announced Tuesday at the Health Information and Management… read more …read more    

In an educational session on Monday, called “Hidden Pitfalls of the Cloud, Mobile technology and Mobile Data,” Lee Kim, director of privacy and security at HIMSS and Steven J. Fox, an attorney with Post & Schell, P.C., gave practical advice for provider organizations entering into agreements with cloud vendors. They spoke about the ins and…

In a session on medical device and security on Sunday morning, Dale Nordenburg, M.D., executive director of the Medical Device Innovation, Security and Safety Consortium, framed the issue as a public health issue. In a session on medical device and security on Sunday morning, Dale Nordenburg, M.D., executive director of the Medical Device Innovation, Security…

The results of the 2013 HIMSS Security Survey reveals that breaches of protected health data (PHI) remain a concern by U.S. hospitals and physician practices, specifically the practice of inappropriate data access. The results of the 2013 HIMSS Security Survey reveals that breaches of protected health data (PHI) remain a concern by U.S. hospitals and…

The findings of a new HIMSS healthcare security report have been released, and the data may surprise you. read more …read more    

Healthcare organizations continue to increase spending to secure electronic patient data, with physician practices boosting their efforts, according to a new HIMSS security survey. read more …read more    

There have been a total of 804 large breaches of protected health information affecting more than 29.2 million patients since HITECH came out in 2009. read more …read more    

The networks and Internet-connected devices of healthcare organizations–from hospitals to insurance carriers to pharmaceutical companies–are being compromised at an “alarming” frequency,… read more …read more    

SANS-Norse Report Reveals that Cyberattacks Are Causing an Epidemic of Compromises at Healthcare Organization A investigation of network security within the healthcare industry finds that 94 percent of healthcare organizations have been cyberattacked. Small practices are the most common target, but hospitals, payers, and pharmaceutical organizations have all been breached. Analysis Of Duplicative CT Scans…