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Survey: 4 in 5 Physicians Experienced Cyberattacks In Their Clinical Practices

by HITC Staff 12/12/2017 Leave a Comment

Survey: 4 in 5 Physicians Experienced Cyberattacks In Their Clinical Practices

More than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent) have experienced some form of a cybersecurity attack, according to new research released today by Accenture and the American Medical Association (AMA). The key findings reveal physicians see need for the healthcare industry to increase cybersecurity support for medical practices in their communities. More than half (55 percent) of the physicians were very or extremely concerned about future cyberattacks in their practice. In addition,
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Survey: Lack of Budget & Time Key Obstacles to Healthcare Data Breach Prevention

by HITC Staff 07/12/2017 Leave a Comment

Survey: Lack of Budget & Time Key Obstacles to Healthcare Data Breach Prevention

According to a recent Netwrix 2017 IT Risks Report, 75% of healthcare organizations indicated lack of budget and time as the main obstacles to taking a more efficient approach towards management of healthcare data breach prevention. Additionally, 44% stated appropriate participation of senior management as another key obstacle.The 2017 IT Risks Report produced by Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation in hybrid environments asked IT pros from
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Accenture: Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Market to Reach $6.6B by 2021

by Fred Pennic 06/23/2017 Leave a Comment

Accenture: Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Market to Reach $6.6B by 2021

The artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare market is expected reach $6.6 billion by 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40 percent over the next five years, according to a new report from Accenture. The report reveals key clinical health AI apps can potentially create $150 billion in annual savings for the US healthcare economy by 2026.AI in health represents a collection of multiple technologies enabling machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn so they can perform
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Why It’s Time for Hospitals to Become Immune to Ransomware

by Our Thought Leaders 06/19/2017 Leave a Comment

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

Editor's Note: Greg Maudsley is a cyber security expert at Menlo Security, a Silicon Valley-based  cyber security company that protects organizations from cyber attack by eliminating the threat of malware.Hospitals and other healthcare organizations (HCOs) are increasingly singled out by cyber criminals for ransomware and other attacks. Not only are patients’ sensitive records being targeted, but also – as the FBI warns – their intellectual property or credit card information. The
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5 Lessons Learned From The WannaCry Ransomware Attacks for Hospitals

by Our Thought Leaders 05/25/2017 Leave a Comment

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

 Editor's Note: Richard Sullivan is chief government and revenue officer for Medsphere Systems Corporation, the solution provider for the OpenVista electronic health record.Will information technology ever realize an imagined future where security is strong enough, reliable enough, secure enough to block any and all attacks?It’s a dubious proposition made more uncertain by the recent WannaCry ransomware incident that started a couple of weeks ago and continued around the globe for several days.
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Healthcare’s Password Prognosis

by Our Thought Leaders 03/15/2017 Leave a Comment

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Editor’s Note: Dean Wiech is the Managing Director of Tools4ever, a global provider of access management and governance solutions. Dean has worked with healthcare organizations, educational institutions, municipalities for more than 20 years, helping them identify solutions that make their businesses and operations more secure, efficient and easier to manage. Passwords are everywhere. The headlines might tell us otherwise, but their death, and the exaggeration of such, means that they are and
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CHIME-KLAS Study: Cybersecurity A Central Concern for Healthcare C-Suite

by Fred Pennic 02/20/2017 Leave a Comment

HIMSS Unveils New Cybersecurity Hub: 5 Things to Know

Cybersecurity has been elevated to a central concern for healthcare providers, with more attention at the board level and the C-suite, according to a new survey by KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). For the study, KLAS conducted nearly 200 interviews of chief information security officers, chief information officers, chief technology officers and other security professionals on provider adoption of and experiences regarding specific
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