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FDA, MITRE Update Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook

HIPAA Journal

Following the WannaCry ransomware attacks in 2017, which caused massive disruption to clinical operations at several U.S. From the middle of 2020 to the end of 2021, 82% of healthcare systems reported a cyber incident, and 34% of those incidents were ransomware attacks. Version 2.0

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HIMSSCast: Predicting what's next for health IT, mobile tech and health system finances

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A "perfect storm" of financial stress for hospitals and health systems. Cybersecurity and the patient safety risks of ransomware. FDA and evolving regulations for digital therapeutics, software as a medical device. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or Google Play !

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Bonus Features – May 26, 2024 – Only 43% of hospitals routinely exchange data, about 70% of organizations want to change archiving vendors, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News and Studies The National Institutes of Health’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) launched the Universal Patching and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE) program with $50 million in funding to develop tools for hospital IT teams to enhance cybersecurity measures and combat ransomware.

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Addressing telehealth's cybersecurity risk will be an industry-wide problem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is particularly important, he said, given that patient safety can be on the line – as we've seen with the fallout and continued disruption from high-profile ransomware cases over the last year. Ransomware attacks have even been linked to a patient's death in Germany.

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News and Research Five in six (83%) of hospitals are collecting SDoH data , according to the latest ONC Data Brief, with 74% using structured, electronic screening tools. Another 60% of hospitals are receiving SDoH data from outside sources, primarily from HIE entities.

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Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

A report from Claroty found 78% of healthcare organizations hit with a ransomware attack paid at least $500,000 in ransom. C3HIE will be the technology foundation for TORCH CIN , the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals Clinically Integrated Network. Virginia-based Mary Washington Healthcare chose Ensemble for RCM.

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Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Implantable Medical Devices

HIT Consultant

Ransomware, account takeover and distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks that lock providers out of electronic health record (EHR) systems, shut down dosing machines and brick critical equipment force hospitals to act fast to protect patients, meaning they often have no choice but to give in to the attackers’ demands.

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