Privacy & Security
When it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes, trust and security are extremely important, explains Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government.
Requiring frequent mandatory changes of complex passwords is no longer the go-to answer for system security, says Adam Kehler, principal consultant and healthcare practice lead at Online Business Systems.
Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance editors Mike Miliard and Susan Morse join host Jonah Comstock for an onsite recap of the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum in Boston this week. They talk about trends, lessons and how the demands of healthcare security are evolving.
Lorraine Bessmer, senior cybersecurity analyst at St. Luke's Health System, says a lack of third-party cybersecurity standards is hampering hospital-vendor partnerships.
Innovation
As the role of the CISO evolves, so too does the threat landscape, the infrastructure that needs safeguarding and the policy imperatives shaping the mission of data protection.
Security pros are being outmaneuvered, not outsmarted, said Michael Coates at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum in Boston.
A report from charity Privacy International claims that a DHSC contract lacks transparency and prioritises commercial interest.