Privacy & Security
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05:28 pm
June 05, 2020
Senators introduced a bipartisan bill this week aimed at protecting the health information of people who opt in to COVID exposure notification apps.
11:14 am
June 05, 2020
The group tells CMS and Congress that two-dozen "cumbersome" regulations, many related to telehealth, that were waived or relaxed in response to COVID-19 should stay that way.
11:05 am
June 05, 2020
Big transitions can present an opportunity to enact security improvements, but they can also make a complicated process even more complex.
05:23 pm
June 04, 2020
Hackers are taking advantage of provider distraction to breach health systems.
The defense of healthcare information presents a number of unique challenges. Relying on compliance alone won't keep your organization's information safe.
12:13 pm
June 03, 2020
Over the past decade, workloads and data have moved increasingly into the cloud. For the healthcare industry, that means personal health information is stored in multiple environments – and so security should be able to respond to threats across those environments too.
10:41 am
June 03, 2020
The collaboration is aimed at improving patient experience by offering insights into physicians, access to price comparisons and more.
02:52 pm
June 02, 2020
A recent sample of 50 worldwide COVID-19 apps published in Nature Medicine highlights found only 16 that promisted to anonymize, encrypt and secure the data they collect.
09:00 am
June 02, 2020
While some organizations are finding success as they map coronavirus spread, public health agencies are still often relying on manual processes to gather and submit data, which is often incomplete, says former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra.
10:06 am
June 01, 2020
The telemedicine vendor doesn't store patient data, explained founder Brandon Welch, and relies on peer-to-peer video-calling software working inside browsers to minimize potential vulnerabilities.
12:36 pm
May 28, 2020
In their HIMSS20 Digital session, privacy policy experts Deven McGraw and Jodi Daniel offer a deeper look at digital patient access, the APIs that enable it – and the mistakes healthcare organizations make when providing medical records.
