Privacy & Security

Te Whatu Ora recently disclosed the state of the health system's digital assets to the new Health Minister.

But the hospital says the call center established after the attack cut access to patient records and billing systems is still the best way for patient families to reach providers.

Combining 24/7 protection, AI, and analytics can help healthcare professionals improve patient care, monitor sensitive areas and maintain a safe public environment.

The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health reflects on their first go-live of the South Australia Statewide Patient Reported Measures Program at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at hospitals and critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says.

The nonprofit group's Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body aims to add cross-platform identity assurance, standards-based metadata exchange and new federated security standards to facsimile exchange.

Also: Akamai releases a new tool that monitors website visitor behavior and helps detect malicious scraper bots looking to steal data. 

Large language models can provide a big boost here for providers, says the CEO of Medicomp. But algorithms should be trained on hierarchical condition categories for risk adjustment – and challenges with data quality and bias need addressing.

A decade ago, malicious insiders sold patient health data to an identity theft crime ring and put the nonprofit provider into a HIPAA investigation. OCR reminds health systems that they have a giant target – no matter their size or stature.