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4 Best Practices for Mitigating The Risk of Cybercrime in Healthcare

by HITC Staff 03/21/2017 Leave a Comment

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 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange has released a new white paper exploring common vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals in today's healthcare environment and the best practices organizations can implement to mitigate these. The white paper, “The Rampant Growth of Cybercrime in Healthcare, summarizes cybersecurity topics that were discussed at multi‐ stakeholder
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Healthcare Data Breaches: The Gap Between Awareness & Readiness

by Our Thought Leaders 05/26/2016 Leave a Comment

Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years_Security Data Breaches_Ransomware

Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry  relations —  with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere SystemsYou may be suffering from IT security fatigue at this point, for which I offer a half-hearted apology.Yes,
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Should Hospitals Consider Getting Cybercrime Insurance?

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 05/09/2016 Leave a Comment

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Naturally, most of what you hear from healthcare IT companies about their products is going to be upbeat, designed to create a sense of potential and promise. I mean, I can easily extol the virtues of the company I lead and the products and services we sell.But if I’m responsible and realistic, I also need to call attention to the challenges healthcare IT can create on the path to improved care. Without doubt, any information technology that creates, maintains, or transmits electronic patient
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