Network Infrastructure

Doctors are required by law to allow patients to view, download and transmit data and that new reality is giving rise to many hesitations. Here’s a look at pressing issues to understand before proceeding. 

The companies plan to integrate Validic’s digital platform for patient-generated health data with SAP’s analytics to help providers make personalized care decisions. 

Healthcare providers typically spend less than 6 percent of their IT budget on security, according to HIMSS Analytics data. Financial institutions, by way of comparison, invest between 12 and 15 percent on average.

The new app, which includes features for finding doctors and booking appointments as well as general information, is designed to strengthen patient engagement efforts by streamlining their experience, Mount Sinai’s CIO said.

Hospitals amassing more and more administrative, clinical, financial and ICD-10 data are looking to harness statistics, data science and mining tools and the electronic health record market is expanding but new obstacles are arising. 

Many organizations have a Project or Program Management Office (PMO).

A third-party vendor is responsible for the security breach of the protected health information of 4,300 patients at Mass. General. Hospital executives posted an apology on its website on June 29.

Discovered by two security researchers, JavaScript ransomware provides hackers with an advantage over traditional .exe files, according to the cybersecurity company, Proofpoint.

Intrusion detection and prevention tools carry a range of features from forensics to pattern matching. Here's a look at the most important capabilities to beware of before buying a new system. 

Unique copies of the records – apparently stolen from three large health organizations and a U.S. insurance company – are being offered for as much as $485,000 worth of bitcoin, according to the website DeepDotWeb.