Privacy & Security

Marking its entry into the patient identification market, health IT security company Imprivata has acquired Tampa, Florida-based HT Systems, which develops technology for palm-vein-based biometric patient ID.

Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, argues in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal that it's time for Americans to take charge of their medical records.

You've probably heard of it once or twice over the past few years. But it's a concept that still needs some more definition. Our columnist explains why she's not a fan of "patient engagement."

Another healthcare employee opened an email that turned out to be a phishing scam that ended up compromising the protected health information and Social Security numbers of 39,000 patients.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former National Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, conjures a vision of connected healthcare in 2030. He notes, however, that "this future won’t materialize unless some problems are solved along the way."

How many breaches, how many compromises of patients' confidential medical information does it take before there are some questions asked of an organization and its security policies? One health system, for instance, recently announced its seventh large HIPAA breach.

National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo speaks to Healthcare IT News' Erin McCann about interoperability at HIMSS15.

Security professional to demo a GPU-based system for launching 1 million password-cracking attempts per minute. Could you fend that off?

Despite the many potential rewards of networked healthcare, the risks are very real -- and potentially catastrophic -- when it comes to wearable and implantable medical devices, a new report shows.

(SPONSORED) As connected care becomes the norm in healthcare, security threats strike fear into all healthcare organizations. Protecting data requires a comprehensive system of practices, policies and solutions designed to protect data at rest and in motion.