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Privacy & Security

Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 06:13 pm | July 19, 2018
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.
By HIMSS TV | 06:00 pm | July 19, 2018
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
By Bill Siwicki | 05:30 pm | July 18, 2018
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
By Jessica Davis | 01:22 pm | July 18, 2018
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
By Jessica Davis | 11:07 am | July 18, 2018
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
By Bernie Monegain | 09:56 am | July 18, 2018
Hospitals ignoring blockchain risk being left behind, IT firms say, and they share advice about getting work underway.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:56 pm | July 17, 2018
Announced Tuesday at Microsoft Inspire, the ‘bring your own keys’ tool lets healthcare organizations create, update and revoke encryption keys on demand.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:52 pm | July 17, 2018
Hackers breached one of the largest clinical laboratories over the weekend, forcing a shutdown of the network to contain the cyberattack.
Data Warehousing
By Jessica Davis | 05:21 pm | July 13, 2018
A breach in financial services, the second most expensive sector, costs only half of what hospitals wind up spending.
IT Infrastructure
By HIMSS TV | 02:33 pm | July 13, 2018
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.