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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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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Consider context when building IT security program

BOSTON—Health IT security is a conversation that largely remains in the technical domain rather than strategy, said David Ross, general manager of General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services, speaking at the 2015 Privacy and Security Forum.

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Mass. hospital to pay $850K to settle HIPAA violations

A Massachusetts teaching hospital has agreed to pay $850,000 and implement a robust corrective action plan in a HIPAA settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as a result of a 2011 theft of a laptop. 

GOP Doctors Caucus want MU Stage 3 delay, blanket hardship exemption

The GOP Doctors Caucus seeks a delay Meaningful Use Stage 3 and a blanket hardship waiver for Stage 2, according to a letter sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

Hospital web security survey shows 'troubling' efforts in place

Despite the prevalence of health data breaches and cybersecurity threats, many hospitals have surprisingly weak web security programs. 

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Quest Diagnostics faces class action for alleged idleness during patient privacy breach

A Manhattan law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics for allegedly doing nothing while a protracted breach of patient privacy unfolded under the clinical-lab corporation’s nose. 

MITA white paper offers suggestions to amp up cybersecurity

Cybersecurity best practices and standards by manufacturers and healthcare providers are the best way to fight off attacks, according to a white paper published by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).

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