Health Information Technology (HIT)
Patient safety
For hospitals and health systems interoperability means applying this concept to the sharing of information in electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information through a fluid process that gives multiple providers in multiple locations actionable information to support safe and quality…
Hospitals continue to funnel significant resources into securing the electronic health record information that is increasingly the target of cyberattacks. But staying one step ahead of increasingly sophisticated hackers continues to be an ongoing challenge.
Trustee talking points
As computing technology has moved into nearly every part of the hospital and its operations, opportunities for cyberattack have multiplied.
Hospitals and health systems are increasingly vulnerable not just to isolated cyber incidents but to far-reaching cyber crises.…
If they didn’t know it already, members of the hospital field’s C-suites do now: Keeping health care data out of the hands of cybercriminals is harder than ever.
Thanks to stories in recent months about the escalation in the types of acts criminals will take to profit from stealing…
Hospitals and health systems are under attack from new forms of viruses every day.
But some of these viruses don’t attack the human body. As recent news reports have highlighted, hospitals and health systems are now prime targets for malicious malware viruses that seek to infiltrate…
A group of cybersecurity experts, representing everyone from NASA to academic medicine, formed a committee targeting the small but potentally lethal threat in which a hacker takes control of a medical device, an act known by some as “medjacking.”
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Snapshot
A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to quickly adapt their tactics. Providers and vendors are intensifying efforts to protect data from prying eyes.
A three-stage framework can help boards to identify information technology priorities
Information technology can be the catalyst in transforming the health care delivery system