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UK doctors warn that patient care will suffer under new laws that would limit their use of messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal for clinical use.
A journalist’s BMJ article says that…
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Health IT Leadership’s Role in Patient Data Security and Privacy | Healthcare IT Today
Moving towards an entirely digital world of healthcare can be very appealing in a lot of ways. Having everything digital means better interoperability, increased patient access, and more. However, with the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats…
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Health2047-Backed HEAL Security Emerges from Stealth with $4.6M
What You Should Know: – Health2047, the American Medical Association’s venture studio dedicated to healthcare innovation, announced its investment in and launch from stealth of HEAL Security, a cognitive cybersecurity platform built specifically for…
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HHS proffers cyber performance goals to health systems
Voluntary cybersecurity performance goals can help healthcare organizations establish layered protection and are adaptable, according to U.S. Health and Human Services. The agency’s next steps include architecting investments and incentives for healthcare organizations to…
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Securing the Healthcare Cloud in 2024 with Cloud Managed Services – MedCity News
The healthcare industry experiences more data breaches than any other industry. A report from 2021 found that 79% of data breaches affect the healthcare industry alone.
Healthcare records are worth as much as 10X more…
Cylera and Integra e-Quip partner to improve cyber defence in health
Cylera, a global leader in healthcare IoT asset intelligence and security, has strategically partnered with Integra e-Quip, a leading provider of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), to streamline cybersecurity protection and asset management solutions…
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Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted
By Jill McKeon
January 24, 2024 – Singing River Health System in Mississippi suffered a ransomware attack in August 2023 that resulted in a data breach. The breach impacted 252,890 individuals in total, according to a…
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5 steps to strategic SDOH integration
As part of a growing body of standards for healthcare, the ability for providers to access and understand the social determinants of the health of their patients to raise and achieve equity requires enough…
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Kyruus Health Appoints Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer
Harshit Shah, CTO at Kyruus Health
What You Should Know:
– Kyruus Health, a care access platform, announced the appointment of Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer.
– In his role as CTO, Shah will oversee the engineering…
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Defending Healthcare Data: Six Basic Security Principles to Follow
Brian Montgomery, Senior Security Engineer, Altera Digital Health
Research reveals that the total number of data breaches in healthcare has doubled over the last three years. If that doesn’t prompt you to reexamine your organization’s security posture, the…
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