Network Infrastructure

An approach to infrastructure that includes visualization is working for the Iowa hospital.

Internet-of-Things devices lack some of the most basic cybersecurity protocols. As a result, these devices can be weaponized en masse – and in as little as three minutes.

Among all industries, healthcare ranks 15th out of 18 in social engineering for security, suggesting a security awareness problem among healthcare professionals that could be putting millions of patients at risk.

Health orgs trekking deeper into analytics should expect a new information wave, understand that crowdsourcing can pay off, know machine learning is real right now, buckle down on governance. And don’t hold out for perfection. 

First the industry must unhook its terrestrial addiction to fee-for-service models.

Lewis will also serve as CEO of Ascension Information Services, the hospital’s IT arm. 

Five employees responded to the phishing emails, which allowed hackers unauthorized accessed, officials said.

Yet the industry has more potential for care improvement and ROI than others that have already adopted the technologies. 

Bank forges digital tech partnerships with Gem, PokitDok, and others on services for healthcare claims management. 

Peter Embi, MD, an internationally recognized expert in biomedical informatics, will leave his post as interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and associate dean for research informatics at Ohio State University’s College of Medicine, to join Regenstrief Institute as CEO.