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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Healthcare Data Breach
Healthcare Data: The New Prized Target for Hackers
Hackers are searching for their new targets and have landed on the health industry. People of all ages are using Mhealth, fitness tracking devices and wearables to improve their health but aren’t realizing that the personal information they share on those platforms aren’t as secure as you’d think.
While many people see high-profile data breaches in the news like The Office of Personnel and Ashley Madison, they still don’t take the appropriate actions to protect themselves. Each generation
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Anthem Suffers the Largest Healthcare Data Breach to Date
Hackers have stolen millions of customer and employees records from Anthem, the country's second-largest health insurer. Anthem states the hackers were able to gain access to Anthem's IT database obtaining personal information from around 80 million current and former Anthem members such as their names, birthdays, medical IDs/social security numbers, street addresses, email addresses and employment information, including income data. However, there is no evidence the hackers stole credit card or
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