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3 Tips for Securing Private Healthcare Data

by Jim Cropper, Director of Sales, Brother International Corporation 10/04/2022 Leave a Comment

Technology is a dominant force in healthcare. During the pandemic, healthcare systems relied on technology to swiftly move to virtual care, remote work, and more collaborative communication and data management systems – and that will accelerate. As organizations speed up their digital transformation initiatives and increase their reliance on digital applications, growing concerns about data privacy arise. According to a 2021 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey of 167 healthcare
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COVID-19: Best Practices to Safeguard Organizations from Cybercriminals

by Claire Umeda, VP of Marketing at 4iQ 04/08/2020 Leave a Comment

With Coronavirus, Practice Good Cyber Hygiene

While we may consider health largely a private concern in the United States, our nation depends on the continuity and availability of its healthcare system in a very public way, as evidenced by the current coronavirus outbreak. Our critical healthcare infrastructure is vulnerable at this time, no doubt, but it truly has been inspiring to see doctors, scientists, and other industry professionals from around the world come together to stop the spread of COVID-19. To fend off exploitative
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Healthcare Cyber Hygiene: 5 Best Practices to Protect Patient Data

by Saurabh Harit 02/19/2018 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Cyber Hygiene: 5 Best Practices to Protect Patient Data _Cybercrime in Healthcare_Infographic: History of Security Data Breaches in Healthcare

Hospital-acquired infections and data breaches may have vastly different causes, but they have one thing in common—they put healthcare organizations and patients at risk. The “pathogens” which cause data breaches originate both externally and internally—but practicing healthcare cyber hygiene can reduce or eliminate their “infection."Patient data has high value—to others. According to Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, healthcare has the second highest number of breaches after
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