HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

There’s no sugarcoating it: healthcare has a serious ransomware problem. In fact, the first-ever such attack targeted the industry in 1989 when 20,000 floppy disks infected with ransomware were given to those who attended the World Health Organization’s AIDS Conference. And it’s not a new problem for this sector.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2022

That incident saw Biologist Joseph Popp distribute 20,000 floppy disks at the World Health Organization AIDS conference in Stockholm. In 2014, Boston Children’s Hospital suffered a major distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, there was a massive cyberattack on Anthem Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2023

From consumer wearables and smart home devices to point-of-care testing and other technologies used within hospitals and physician practices – these have traditionally existed in silos, capturing and transmitting data with minimal collaboration between providers, specialties, or organizations.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 17, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) , a public health emergency of international concern. If an employee is sick or hospitalized, you should have a plan for how to access their account. Redundancy.

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