Privacy & Security
He's concerned that the acquisition would "provide Amazon with access to enormous tranches of patient data."
The companies are shaping their future plans for cybersecurity risk management, patient safety data and other health IT use cases.
The newest IBM X-Force Cost of a Data Breach Report also shows healthcare organizations have the longest breach cycle of any industry, requiring nearly 11 months to identify and contain security incidents.
The draft publication 800-66 focuses on helping inform the industry about security issues around electronic protected health information.
Health systems in Kansas and Colorado had made sizable bitcoin payments after ransomware attacks. That money has now been recovered by the FBI and will be returned.
An expert in distributed ledger technology dives deep into how blockchain can best be used in healthcare – and dispels some stubborn misconceptions that might be hindering its wider acceptance.
"It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA-covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records," said OCR Director Lisa J. Pino.
As an industry we've bought into the idea for too long that we can simply buy some cybersecurity tools and be safe.