Privacy & Security
Electronic Health Records
Hackers got into the Missouri health system’s network by a brute force attack on its remote desktop protocol, the same access used by the notorious SamSam ransomware variant.
Hector Rodriguez, worldwide health CISO for Microsoft, breaks down the new European compliance model and highlights key strategies US healthcare needs to understand to avoid running afoul of the privacy standards.
Accountable Care
Health system uses communications platform to go from a 65 percent patients seen rate for case managers to 91 percent – with a reduced number of FTEs, official says.
IT Infrastructure
Employees fell victim to a targeted phishing campaign, which may have exposed sensitive data for some patients, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information.
Privacy & Security
Two employee email accounts were breached by phishing attacks, which potentially gave hackers access to a trove of highly sensitive data that varied by patient.
Electronic Health Records
Hospitals ignoring blockchain risk being left behind, IT firms say, and they share advice about getting work underway.
Privacy & Security
Announced Tuesday at Microsoft Inspire, the ‘bring your own keys’ tool lets healthcare organizations create, update and revoke encryption keys on demand.
Privacy & Security
Hackers breached one of the largest clinical laboratories over the weekend, forcing a shutdown of the network to contain the cyberattack.
Data Warehousing
A breach in financial services, the second most expensive sector, costs only half of what hospitals wind up spending.
IT Infrastructure
Michael Archuleta, CIO and HIPAA and information security officer at Mt. San Rafael Hospital, takes a look at the security vulnerabilities that are putting sensitive data at risk.