Privacy & Security
Patients in England have until 23 June to opt out.
Monthly Update: HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock recaps some of May's top healthcare stories, including an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccine via texts, alerts and even dating apps; Walmart's acquisition of MeMD; and a malware attack on Scripps.
It would put $6.5 billion toward the creation of an agency tasked with federal research and development geared toward healthcare innovation, and includes a $25 million raise for ONC.
The company points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.
The Privacy Commission has warned all DHBs to fix security issues within their systems or face prosecution.
HIMSS21 Europe
Italian digital health stakeholders, including leading CIOs and industry experts, will contribute to a debate around cybersecurity and pandemic recovery as they look to a world beyond COVID-19 at the upcoming HIMSS21 European health conference.
President and CEO Chris Van Gorder said in a statement that he anticipates restoration of the system's electronic health record this week.
The bug allowed providers to access the scheduling vendor's system after their usernames and passwords were intended to be limited.
The agency said it had identified at least 16 incidents over the last year aimed at healthcare and first-responder systems.
The statement was published today as part of the organisation's latest update regarding a cyberattack on Tuesday.