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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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.

Lack of incentives stands in the way of better cybersecurity

BOSTON—Profit motivated fraudsters can breach systems in unexpected ways. Defenders, however, may leave systems insecure because they lack any incentive to fix them.

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Look out for these 7 security threats hitting healthcare

BOSTON—2015 was pretty dismal year for cybersecurity in healthcare, according to Richard Clarke, the former White House cybersecurity czar who served three presidents. Clarke delivered the opening keynote at the Privacy and Security Forum.

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