Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2024

Imperial's newly opened overseas research centre, Imperial Global: Singapore, is collaborating with NTU Singapore researchers on the IN-CYPHER programme "to tackle existing security challenges and to protect emerging sensing technologies – and their data – from being compromised," a press statement read.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

million in HEAL Security, with additional co-investor funding bringing its total pre-seed investment to $4.6 Not only is patient information at risk, but breaches have a ripple-down effect and can cause systems to shut down completely. To date, Health2047 has invested $2.3

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 19, 2021

Application security involves a process that allows companies to find security vulnerabilities and protect their applications against them. IT teams look at vulnerabilities and use past events as a way to assess the risk of […]. The article What Is Application Security? Illegal copying is prohibited.

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MRO Compliance

JANUARY 17, 2022

Cybersecurity consists of the practices and software utilized to protect data from unauthorized access, as well as from internal vulnerabilities that put data at risk. Healthcare organizations must make an investment in their facility’s security infrastructure to reduce the risk of breaches from occurring.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

This leaves us with the big question of what role Health IT leadership plays in ensuring the security and privacy of patient data , and what strategies can leaders employ to address emerging cybersecurity threats. Healthcare security and privacy frameworks like HITRUST align best practices in establishing a baseline level of security.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) setting standards to protect workers from occupational hazards, healthcare organizations face unique challenges in maintaining compliance due to the complexity of their operations and the diverse array of risks inherent in patient care. This makes them vulnerable to infection.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

"We're not only capitalizing on the capabilities of GPT, we're doing so in a highly secure, HIPAA-compliant manner through Microsoft Azure," he added.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The following is a guest article by Kern Smith, Mobile Security Expert at Zimperium The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way healthcare is delivered to patients. Organizations should employ mobile-first strategies that can adapt to these new challenges.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 20, 2022

To comply with the HIPAA Security Rule, organizations are required to implement safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information, and reduce risks to a low and acceptable level.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

To stay safe in 2024, understanding the current state of IoMT security and how to prioritize action is critical. Forward-thinking technology and security leaders at HDOs can adapt by shifting their risk reduction investment away from cyber insurance and increasing in-house cybersecurity efforts. For example, the U.S.

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MRO Compliance

MARCH 6, 2024

This not only reduces healthcare costs but also minimizes the potential risks associated with unnecessary exposure to radiation from repeated imaging. Specialists from various fields can review and discuss medical images in real-time, leading to more comprehensive assessments and treatment plans.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, with electronic health records (EHRs) becoming the norm, ensuring the security and privacy of sensitive data is of utmost importance. One crucial aspect of this protection is the HIPAA breach risk assessment tool and how it aids healthcare organizations in identifying potential vulnerabilities.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 9, 2023

Hospitals are regulated by HIPAA through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which now requires the use of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as the basis for cyber risk assessment. But, even for smaller organizations, the NIST CSF allows them to build a security program that better protects them.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 12, 2023

Why Healthcare Compliance Risk Assessments Are Important Healthcare providers are well aware of their responsibilities when it comes to protecting patients’ private data. How can these tools help you with compliance, and what should you look for from yours? However, it can be difficult to figure out how to do so.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 2, 2024

Healthcare organizations are complex systems, fraught with a dynamic range of risks. Risk is a given in a complex system or program. Managing risk and ensuring various types of compliance are paramount to the organization’s health and longevity. This all applies to risk management software.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 9, 2023

There’s a ton of information available about HIPAA risk assessments designed to serve as guides for a DIY process. But, most of the steps they ask you to take are not self-explanatory, and many of the terms used require a robust security vocabulary. Use a HIPAA third party risk assessment tool. Find Out More!

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Healthcare organizations have been investing in cybersecurity to improve their defenses against increasingly numerous and sophisticated cyberattacks; however, while an organization’s security posture can be improved, it can only be as good as the weakest link. have an indirect, once-removed relationship with the website code developer.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The safety of patients and the security of their data have become vital in the fast-paced healthcare landscape. To combat these risks head-on, healthcare providers seek refuge in specialized risk assessment tools tailor-made for their unique industry challenges. What is Risk Assessment in Healthcare?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

It also provides the APC team with the ability to remotely monitor their patients' conditions in near real-time via dashboards, enabling the identification of at-risk patients and early interventions. What's your strategy for keeping patient data secure, particularly in conducting remote health monitoring?

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Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The delay not only exposes you to legal and security risks but could also hamper your operational integrity, not to mention that it doesn’t look very good from an auditor’s perspective. This shift allows for a more practical approach to HIPAA compliance, emphasizing real security measures over just saying you’re following the rules.

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Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of data security and privacy, two key frameworks have emerged as significant players: HIPAA and NIST. HIPAA, particularly through its Security Rule, establishes standards for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2024

Guidance released this week from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. "The authoring agencies urge leaders to recognize cyber risk as a core business risk. This recognition is both necessary for good governance and fundamental to national security."

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One essential component of compliance is conducting a thorough HIPAA privacy risk assessment. We will delve into the significance of HIPAA privacy risk assessments, explore the requirements, provide insights on how to conduct one effectively, and highlight useful tools and templates available.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Meanwhile, the regulation of medical devices that support remote care is "not as stringent as that of standard hardware medical devices," raising risks of data breaches. A targeted approach may be "essential" to protect patient data and mitigate risks of cyber incidences, it said.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With increasing cyber threats and privacy breaches, ensuring the confidentiality and security of protected health information has become paramount. This is where a healthcare privacy risk assessment plays a crucial role. This is where privacy impact assessments in healthcare come into play.

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HealthIT Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Art Gross - A security risk assessment must be conducted to maintain HIPAA compliance per the Security Rule. A security risk assessment is also referred to as an SRA. It is a requirement for government plans such as Medicare, Obamacare, and Medicaid.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2024

The Cost of a Cybersecurity Breach Cybersecurity at its core is a way to protect valuable data and personal identifiable information (PII), such as credit card information, social security numbers, tax records, and more. Troy is a frequent speaker and highly published thought leader on IT compliance and cybersecurity topics.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Your first step to SOC 2 compliance is completing a SOC 2 readiness assessment. What is a SOC 2 Gap Assessment? When determining whether or not you’re SOC 2 ready, you’re essentially looking for gaps in your security practices. This includes policies on data protection, access control, and incident response.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This is especially true for the healthcare industry, which in itself is often vulnerable to cyberattacks, but when you add in third-party vendors, the risk grows exponentially. Send risk assessments Establish a contract Monitor compliance Make compliance a condition for doing business Adopt a vendor compliance management process 1.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 22, 2023

These companies are called to act as vigilant guardians, especially when you consider that secure and accurate data can literally save lives. With privacy and security as non-negotiable foundations, organizations can effectively fortify their defenses — as long as they continue to adapt to new technology and ever-evolving cyber threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

AI-Powered Security Solutions for Healthtech One of the biggest challenges in healthcare cybersecurity is that threats are evolving rapidly while attack surfaces are expanding. This makes it extremely difficult for security teams to gain visibility into the entire network and all potential vulnerabilities.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 28, 2023

The Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative (Health3PT) has published the findings of a recent survey of HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates that explored the current state of third-party cyber risk management in healthcare and identified some of the key challenges faced by HIPAA-regulated entities.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HITECH extended those rights to electronic medical records, extended privacy rights of patients to access their records, increased penalties for HIPAA violations, extended the HIPAA security and breach notification rules and expands the HIPAA encryption compliance requirement. If so, is it “secure by design”? What are they?

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 5, 2022

NIST’s new draft publication, formally titled Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide supports the ongoing efforts of the healthcare industry to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI).

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2024

As the industry navigates this perilous digital terrain, understanding, managing, and effectively integrating cyber insurance into its risk management strategies has never been more critical. This heightened risk landscape emphasizes the need for robust cybersecurity measures. The stakes are exceptionally high in healthtech.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 16, 2024

As cyber threats, hacks, and data intrusions become an ongoing concern for healthcare organizations, creating a risk management plan has become a crucial priority for protecting patient and data security. One vital strategy healthcare leadership increasingly considers is integrating software into planning and risk management.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 3, 2022

HIPAA Journal has partnered with The Compliancy Group to offer its readers a free annual HIPAA Risk Assessment. The post Reader Offer: Free Annual HIPAA Risk Assessment appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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