President Joe Biden reportedly plans to nominate Obama-era officials to key cyber positions as the government continues to respond to
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CEO's perspective: Cybersecurity is a strategic imperative
In one session at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum Digital Summit on Monday, Bryan Kirby, vice president of IT and
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Cloud EHR vendor nTreatment reportedly left medical records unprotected
A TechCrunch report this week found that the record-management vendor nTreatment left a cloud-storage server containing thousands of sensitive health
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Mayo Clinic sued over breach of patient health records
Patients filed class-action complaints against the Mayo Clinic this past week accusing the system of violating the Minnesota Health Records
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How one provider is transitioning from WebEx and Skype to a full telehealth platform
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for all healthcare provider organizations. At Maple Knoll Communities in Cincinnati, staff faced the
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Report: Ransomware op leaks 48,000 documents stolen from New Jersey hospital
University Hospital in New Jersey has experienced a 48,000-document data breach, according to reporting from security researcher Ax Sharma at BleepingComputer. According
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Russian hackers targeting healthcare orgs for coronavirus vaccine info
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre said in an advisory Thursday that Russian hackers are targeting organizations involved in
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VA taps Philips for 10-year, potentially $100M telehealth critical care contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical
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COVID-19-triggered threat changes will linger beyond crisis, say most security pros
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a wave of cybersecurity threats in a variety of industries – and security professionals predict
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Duplication, fragmentation hamper interoperability efforts, impact patient safety
Duplicate patient records are wreaking havoc on error rates and driving up operating expenses, according to a BlackBook survey of
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