Privacy & Security

With more and more organizations requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, attention has to be paid to factors that could hinder wider uptake: access to technology, privacy concerns, social determinants of health and more.

The complaint follows a phishing incident that may have allowed bad actors access to patient information for months.

How an innovative balance of the clinical with the commercial can be the route to delivering quality care.

This week's top stories include projections that hospitals could lose $54 billion in net income, Apple working to help detect depression and early-stage cognitive decline, and a link found between ransomware and increased mortality rate.

At Central Oregon Radiology Associates, network detection and response technology provides improved, more manageable security while cutting costs, its CIO reports.

Researchers surveyed nearly 600 health IT and security professionals about the ways cyberattacks disrupt care delivery and put patient safety at risk.

The hackers reportedly began posting patient names, Social Security numbers and medical information on their blog earlier this month.

The IT veteran, who comes to the Florida health system with both hospital and vendor experience, wants to "humanize technology to solve problems in new ways."

The next step in interoperability is adding a level of intelligence to find the important information in data, says Lyniate COO Scott Galbari.

In a new JAMA study, researchers found that parents and guardians may be using their adolescents' personal health records to communicate with clinicians, leading to questions about confidentiality.