data security
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Remote Patient Monitoring: Gaining Insight into Patient Health from Afar
The era of remote patient monitoring is ushering in a new era of healthcare, characterized by data-driven insights, personalized care, and efficient resource utilization.
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Driving for Results: 3 Key Benefits of Telehealth
Explore the myriad benefits telehealth offers to healthcare providers and patients alike. From enhanced convenience and improved privacy to streamlined workflows and elevated patient satisfaction, find out how telehealth is reshaping the future of healthcare delivery.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Average Healthcare Data Breach Cost Reaches Nearly $11M
The average cost of a healthcare data breach is now $10.93 million, up from $10.10 million in 2022, according to a new report. Healthcare has the highest data breach costs of all industries — breaches are second costliest in the financial sector, where the average cost is $5.9 million.
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6 Ways Providers Can Better Manage 3rd-Party Cybersecurity Risks
The Health3PT Initiative recently released recommendations on how providers can better address the cybersecurity risks linked to their third party reliance. Some of the group’s recommendations included ensuring that contract language ties financial terms to a vendor’s data management transparency and establishing metrics and reporting requirements for organization-wide vendor risks.
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How Can Providers Avoid Data Breaches?
To prevent the proliferation of data security incidents in the healthcare industry, providers must examine their use of legacy systems as well as their reliance on third parties, according to a new report. It pointed out that most providers fail to probe their third-party partners’ cybersecurity measures, and many continue to use legacy systems that are no longer supported by vendors or are hard to patch and update.
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1,000+ Facilities Impacted by HCA Data Breach
HCA Healthcare recently suffered a data breach affecting 1,038 hospitals and physician clinics across 20 states. The health system said hackers stole data from an external data storage location “exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages.” It also said that the incident has not caused any disruption to HCA’s daily operations or the services it provides to patients.
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Enhancing Efficiency in your Practices: Unleashing the Power of Greenway Health’s Optimization Services
Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue.
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One Way To Improve Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Provide Training in Smaller Doses More Frequently
Executives from health systems and subject matter experts shared how they are contending with data security challenges, particularly training to change behavior and acquiring expertise in cybersecurity.
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IU Health Taps TRIMEDX to Help Combat Cyber Threats at Medical Device Security Lab
Indiana University Health has begun working with healthcare technology company TRIMEDX to test the security of connected medical devices at the health system’s medical device security lab. At the lab, IU Health and TRIMEDX will focus on testing new devices, configurations and security settings, as well as actively scanning medical equipment for security vulnerabilities.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Health IT, MedCity Influencers
How healthcare organizations can find a balance between personalization, data privacy and HIPAA compliance
Here are three considerations for ways HIPAA can navigate the intersection between personalization and data privacy while meeting regulatory requirements.
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Democrats propose bill to protect privacy, data security amid growing use of pandemic-related tech
As the use of technology proliferates during the Covid-19 pandemic, concerns rise about privacy and health data security. Congressional Democrats have proposed new legislation that would protect individuals’ data rights amid the public health crisis.
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The importance of HIPAA risk assessments
Failure to comply with HIPAA safety standards can lead to large fines and, in extreme cases, the loss of medical licenses. One of the most important steps related to HIPAA compliance is a risk assessment.
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Quest Diagnostics breach could potentially affect nearly 12 million individuals
Quest Diagnostics was notified by collections company vendor American Medical Collection Agency that an unauthorized user had access had access to AMCA’s system between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019.
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Three blockchain companies you should know
Blockchain, an emerging technology, is coming to the world of healthcare. Three recently established startups are finding unique ways to apply it to the space.
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How do we allow patient identification without compromising critical patient information?
In light of the data breaches we have witnessed, most recently at Equifax, it seems clear that the safest way to reliably and safely identify patients is to separate the identifier from the data.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
