Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS), enterprise image systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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IT security models have evolved

BOSTON—The very first IT directors hired in healthcare worked in the finance, accounting or human resources. That history of CIOs reporting to CFOs makes the relationship cost-driven instead of strategy driven, said Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS, author and professor in the University System of Maryland, speaking at the Privacy and Security Forum. 

ONC: Less than half of hospitals support two-factor authentication

A new data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator reveals that less than half of U.S. hospitals support an infrastructure capable of two-factor authentication. 

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Conference covers latest cybersecurity threats, advice

This week, HIMSS held its Privacy and Security Forum this week putting the focus on cybersecurity. 

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Calif. provider's network server exposes 11,000 records

A California provider detected an exposed network server which put the health data of 11,000 patients at risk. 

Epic's Judy Faulkner included in Smithsonian's philanthropy exhibit

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is part of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's new philanthropy exhibit through her participation in the Giving Pledge. 

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Year in Review: The federal government's 2015 HIT output

The federal government has been busy this year with multiple initiatives, rules and reports impacting the entire health IT landscape. 

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Factor in human behavior when designing for humans

BOSTON—“There’s a culture in security where there’s almost no training about humans in the system except that maybe they’re a weakness,” said Jennifer Golbeck, speaking at the Privacy and Security Forum.

IT security is a 'team sport'

BOSTON—A panel of CISOs shared their organizations’ IT security game plan during the 2015 Privacy and Security Forum, offering strategies that often parlayed off of past problems to ward off new threats.

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