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Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Healthcare IT Today

What is most concerning about attacks on healthcare organizations is that any of the four most common types of attacks (ransomware, supply chain attacks, cloud or business email compromise) can trigger serious consequences for the health of patients, even putting their lives at risk.

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Top Security & Compliance Risks in Telehealth

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Donna Thiel, Chief Compliance Officer at ProviderTrust. Although there may be numerous benefits to using telehealth services, patients and providers should also consider the substantial telehealth risks involved.

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Internet of Things in Healthcare Interoperability and Security Issues

Compliancy Group

In healthcare, this type of technology is used in multiple ways, including remote patient monitoring, conducting telemedicine efforts, and coordinating supply chain management. This means that healthcare businesses have to be intentional about how they keep up with their security compliance when it comes to IoT.

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Healthcare Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

In 2023, we expect healthcare cyberattacks to not only spill over to medical devices – as was the case for several ransomware incidents in the past few years – but even start to target them directly, though this would require attacker motivation to purposefully target devices that could directly harm people. to version 2.0 during 2023.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Scott Lundstrom, Senior Healthcare Strategist at OpenText Cybersecurity Accelerated move to zero trust: The healthcare industry is struggling against a dramatic increase in malware and ransomware attacks. In its first iteration, ransomware would encrypt and extort. In 2024, the attack surface will continue to grow.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ramped up ransomware incursions from aggressively opportunistic cyber crooks. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. In March 2020, it had become imperative and essential – and scores of providers or all shapes and sizes needed to stand-up durable telemedicine offerings quickly.

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

HITECH puts a “bite” into specific elements of the HIPAA rule, such as higher penalty amounts for non-compliance. Combining the requirements of both Acts and implementing best practices will help mitigate risk suffering non-compliance consequences for violating the rules. Why HITECH?

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