Privacy & Security
The coming year is going to show where AI's practical use cases are going to be in healthcare, say editors from HIMSS Media brands Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews.
The editors of Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews look at the big trends in AI, cybersecurity and reimbursement and the uncertainty of what to expect from a new administration.
Chike Okeke of Concord Technologies says threats in the cloud, such as insecure APIs and excessive accessibility, underscore the importance of safeguarding protected health information.
FAST is the FHIR at Scale Task Force under HL7 that is looking at implementing guides around identity, consent, security, a national directory and testing how all those things come together, says Janice Reese, program manager of FAST.
Managing risk with third parties is crucial, as one piece of information will flow to 50 different data-sharing partners, such as pharmacies, says Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.
The Trump Administration will likely focus on reinforcing private sector leadership and also public and private partnerships. says Cliff Steinhauer, information security and engagement director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance.
Sellers need to disclose any issues up-front, as clients lack 100% compliance on HIPAA regulations 100% of the time, says Adam Green, a partner in Davis Wright Tremaine.
Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices, or HICP, is a series of controls to improve cybersecurity posture and resilience, says Troy Adams, cyber engagement specialist, Department of Health and Human Services.
If Congress doesn’t take action by the end of 2024 to make permanent waivers that have been extended for two years, the country goes back to March 2020 policy, says Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS.
Good educators have to bring awareness of what’s going on in the healthcare security landscape and integrate that into the curriculum, says Laquan Black, assistant professor of Health Information Technology at Guttman Community College.