The billions of dollars worth of HITECH Act incentives available to hospitals and physicians using electronic health records are serving as a powerful catalyst for information security as well. Many ...

Cybercrime and data loss have devastating consequences—and while adopting data security best practices is important in any industry, it’s absolutely crucial in health care. That’s because, in our ...

We recently discussed a report that provided an overview of the security breach trends at 300 health care providers. Some took the post to be a condemnation of EHR security. That is too narrow of an ...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) have transformed modern medicine by making patient information instantly accessible to authorized healthcare ...

A recent large hacking incident and a separate vulnerability disclosure involving two different vendors' products related to electronic health records serve as the latest reminders of the potential ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently issued a report entitled “Electronic Medical Records in Healthcare” that discussed ...

The opioid crisis in the US has had a devastating toll, impacting tens of thousands of families. According to Mitchell Parker, CISO at Indiana University Health, a small part of the human suffering ...

A recent Xerox survey showed nearly 80 percent of respondents have concerns about the safety of their electronic medical records, according to a Xerox release. Xerox and Harris Interactive surveyed ...

Montefiore Medical Center is notifying patients of a recent security breach that involved illegal access to HIPAA protected health information by a former employee. The incident occurred between June ...

Progressive Therapeutics in Framingham, Massachusetts, provides psychiatric care for patients in the greater Metrowest area of the Bay State. It has nine licensed mental health professionals on staff, ...

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