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What is a Health Information System

WEBA health information system (HIS) refers to a system designed to manage healthcare data. This includes systems that collect, store, manage and transmit a …

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What's the Biggest Healthcare Security Threat for 2021 And Beyond

WEBVeronica Miller is a Cybersecurity Expert at VPNOverview. "Ransomware is the biggest healthcare security threat for 2021 and beyond…". The majority of …

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Healthcare Cybersecurity: Tips for Securing Private Health Data

WEBThese best practices for healthcare cybersecurity aim to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape, addressing threats to privacy and data protection on …

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Healthcare Information Security: The Top Infosec Considerations …

WEBHealth and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has stated that successful ransomware attacks that occur in a healthcare organization are considered a data …

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Healthcare Security: Understanding HIPAA Compliance and its …

WEBData security has become especially critical to the healthcare industry as patient privacy hinges on HIPAA compliance and secure adoption of electronic health …

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What is HITECH Compliance

WEBA Definition of HITECH Compliance. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) was signed into law as part of the …

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Data Loss Prevention for Healthcare Organizations Digital Guardian

WEBMore than 120 healthcare organizations trust Fortra's Digital Guardian to balance their patient care and data security. Our data loss prevention (DLP) platform helps healthcare …

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OCR Urges Organizations to Secure Health Information in 2022

WEBThe Director of HHS OCR called on healthcare organizations this week to strengthen their cyber posture in 2022. Few sectors have found themselves immune to cyberattacks over …

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Healthcare Data Security: Challenges & Solutions Digital …

WEBHealthcare data security is the process and framework that ensures electronic health records (EHR) are stored securely to prevent unauthorized access to …

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20 Information Security Tips for Hospitals

WEBTo help focus efforts, here are 20 information security tips for hospitals: 1. Establish a security culture. Security policies are no good unless the employees are …

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HHS: Data Protection Among Best Practices for Healthcare …

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a new guide, Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices, to help hospitals, physicians, and other …

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HHS Warns of New Phishing Scam Targeting Healthcare Orgs

WEBThe Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that helps to identify, correlate, and …

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Five Year Cost of Healthcare Hacks More Than $300B

WEBA report from Accenture warns that the total cost of cyber attacks on U.S. health systems could total $305 billion over the next five years. Painting a grim picture of the near future, Accenture said that cyber attacks against health systems will affect one in every 13 patients – or 25 million people, with as many as 6 million the victims of follow …

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Top 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of All Time

WEB7. Advocate Health Care: 4.03 Million Affected (August 2013) Image via Cisco. Advocate Health Care divulged in mid-2013 that several data breaches, including …

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EHR Vendors: The Next Target for Healthcare Hackers

WEBElectronic health record vendors may be next. As this story on the health news website Healthinformationsecurity notes, the firm Medical Informatics Engineering …

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12 Days In, Ransomware Attack on Healthcare System Continues

WEBA ransomware attack against one of San Diego's main healthcare systems has lasted for 12 days so far, resulting in lab test delays and forcing doctors and nurses …

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U.S. Intelligence Community Warns About China Collecting …

WEBA memo issued by the Joseph D. Kernan, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, last month stressed that exposing DNA belonging to service members to outside parties could pose an operational risk and to refrain from purchasing them. China's voracious collection of U.S. healthcare data, including DNA, can pose a national security …

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Ransomware: An Epidemic for the Healthcare Industry

WEBThose fines can reach up to $5.55 million, as was the case with Advocate Health Systems last year. What ultimately surprises me is that ransomware is still …

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Following Ransomware Attack Indiana Hospital Pays $55K to …

WEBA hospital paid 4 BTC (Bitcoin) - roughly $55,000 - to regain access to its computer systems over the weekend. A hospital in Indiana paid over $50K last week in …

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DoD Issues Guidelines to Protect PHI During Pandemic

WEBLimit access to patient health information - Access should be on a need to know basis. Configure systems to lock automatically – Specifically, systems containing …

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Ransomware Attack is HIPAA Breach: 5 Steps To Protect Your PHI

WEB5 Steps To Protect Your PHI From Ransomware. With the rise in ransomware attacks targeting healthcare organizations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …

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Email Error Leads to Exposed PHI of 11,500 Patients

WEBA health plan recently disclosed a data breach of 11,500 patients that was triggered by an email mistake. It happens to the best of us. We realize a split second …

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