Tom Sullivan

When the Department of Justice and Office of the Inspector General find one vendor out of compliance, it’s only natural that they widen the scope to look at others in the same sector. Here’s what hospitals need to know now.

Every hospital should be thinking about protecting their data today even if they use a different electronic health record software.

As part of a landmark settlement, the EHR vendor must transfer client data to rival EHR companies for free.

As if the hefty settlement fine execs had to pay wasn’t enough, the vendor also has to offer free upgrades, transfer customer’s data to rival EHR vendors for free, and employ an independent personal watchdog. 

The industry group calls on the HHS secretary to rein in the Office of the National Coordinator from unnecessarily burdensome regulatory authority.

Though physicians ordered as many Zika tests in May as they did during last year’s outbreak, whether that means hospitals will see more infected patients remains to be seen.

U.S. Attorney says that the resolution proves EHR vendors can’t ‘flout’ certification requirements and get away with it.

New products and services will incorporate predictive and prescriptive analytics and machine learning to augment infosec employees and resources, Gartner finds.

Tech-savvy hospitals like Mayo, Kaiser and Christiana are always testing, recognizing cybersecurity threats could get scarier, and aiming to change mindsets to focus on infosec as a patient safety issue.

San Francisco-based startup HYP3R announced a new geosocial index that ranks some 6,000 hospitals based on social media activity.