The current piecemeal state-by-state regulation approach is a feeble patchwork and ready for collapse under the first strong blow. It's high time we craft a robust and uniform effort to safeguard our patients' digital rights.
Developed as part of the due diligence process for the disclosure of confidential documents, VDRs provide a secure repository for all types of confidential materials including merger and acquisition (M&A) documents, financial statements, contracts, intellectual property details, and legal agreements.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
WebMD Ignite — the company’s division that offers tech solutions to providers and health plans — teamed up with healthcare privacy platform Freshpaint. Through the partnership, WebMD Ignite is seeking to help its customers — which include organizations such as Providence, Trinity Health, Advocate Aurora, VillageMD and Centene — use web tracking technology to grow their businesses while staying clear of data privacy risks.
The era of remote patient monitoring is ushering in a new era of healthcare, characterized by data-driven insights, personalized care, and efficient resource utilization.
Explore the myriad benefits telehealth offers to healthcare providers and patients alike. From enhanced convenience and improved privacy to streamlined workflows and elevated patient satisfaction, find out how telehealth is reshaping the future of healthcare delivery.
The average cost of a healthcare data breach is now $10.93 million, up from $10.10 million in 2022, according to a new report. Healthcare has the highest data breach costs of all industries — breaches are second costliest in the financial sector, where the average cost is $5.9 million.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
The Health3PT Initiative recently released recommendations on how providers can better address the cybersecurity risks linked to their third party reliance. Some of the group’s recommendations included ensuring that contract language ties financial terms to a vendor’s data management transparency and establishing metrics and reporting requirements for organization-wide vendor risks.
To prevent the proliferation of data security incidents in the healthcare industry, providers must examine their use of legacy systems as well as their reliance on third parties, according to a new report. It pointed out that most providers fail to probe their third-party partners' cybersecurity measures, and many continue to use legacy systems that are no longer supported by vendors or are hard to patch and update.
HCA Healthcare recently suffered a data breach affecting 1,038 hospitals and physician clinics across 20 states. The health system said hackers stole data from an external data storage location "exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages." It also said that the incident has not caused any disruption to HCA's daily operations or the services it provides to patients.
Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Executives from health systems and subject matter experts shared how they are contending with data security challenges, particularly training to change behavior and acquiring expertise in cybersecurity.
Indiana University Health has begun working with healthcare technology company TRIMEDX to test the security of connected medical devices at the health system’s medical device security lab. At the lab, IU Health and TRIMEDX will focus on testing new devices, configurations and security settings, as well as actively scanning medical equipment for security vulnerabilities.
Here are three considerations for ways HIPAA can navigate the intersection between personalization and data privacy while meeting regulatory requirements.
As the use of technology proliferates during the Covid-19 pandemic, concerns rise about privacy and health data security. Congressional Democrats have proposed new legislation that would protect individuals' data rights amid the public health crisis.
Failure to comply with HIPAA safety standards can lead to large fines and, in extreme cases, the loss of medical licenses. One of the most important steps related to HIPAA compliance is a risk assessment.