Bill Siwicki

Hospitals must educate developers to get the kind of cybersecurity measure that healthcare needs, particularly when it comes to apps that bolt-on to EHRs.

Some industry observers say the technology is poised for greatness while others insist it has a long way to go.

Complacency is not an option where malicious individuals can take advantage of application and infrastructure vulnerabilities to access protected health info.

Misplaced records, medication module errors, flawed lab results tracking and security issues should have been taken more seriously, Brendan Delaney says. 

An alarming percentage of organizations don’t encrypt sensitive data in public cloud databases and too many have resources exposed to the internet.

Some security leaders are increasing their response effectiveness through automating security tasks, the survey finds.

A post-WannaCry survey shows that U.S. consumers are not very forgiving when it comes to organizations not able to protect their medical information.

First National Technology Solutions says software updates, constant patching and employee education are musts.

ID management has become central to fighting cybercrime as cloud computing and the internet change the nature of access and security, according to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s vice president of security.

The system’s ACO is working with Arcadia Healthcare Solutions on using data to improve health, gain efficiencies and trim costs.