Fitbit adds HIPAA compliance to wellness platform
The move will allow Fitbit to share data from its corporate wellness platform with care providers, health plans and self-insured employers.
Twitter beats security experts when it comes to Excellus breach
In less than two minutes, we found two great sentiments on Twitter that security professionals didn't bother to raise in getting out their statements to the press about the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield breach.
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Enhanced Direct Enrollment: Georgia Access and the Power of Partnership
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Hospira: BlackBerry infusion pump ‘hack’ was a sham
We figured it would not be long until Hospira defended the security of its LifeCare PCA infusion pump.
How easy is it to hack an infusion pump? Watch this video
A full week before the Food and Drug Administration issued an alert warning that Hospira’s Symbiq Infusion System smart pumps could be vulnerable to hackers, two BlackBerry officials were demonstrating how easy it is to hack an infusion pump.
Microsoft touts familiarity, security in pitching Windows 10 to healthcare
Given the nature of enterprise IT, it may be a while before hospitals and health systems upgrade their computers to Windows 10 — and let's face it, Google's Android and Apple's iOS dominate mobile devices. Still, Windows remains king of business computing, and the Redmond Empire certainly has its eyes on the vast healthcare market.
NIST cybersecurity center proposes best practices for mobile EHR security
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards of Technology?, is circulating a draft guidance? on best practices for securing healthcare data on mobile devices.
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Esperion Sets Its Sights on New Areas While Maintaining Commitment to Cardiovascular Health
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
HIPAA fine against Mass. hospital, NYT telemedicine story highlight the need to secure data
The HHS Office for Civil Rights fined St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., in a settlement of HIPAA allegations of lax Internet security, even as The New York Times reported on a health system using Skype.