Risk Management

Telehealth providers have until August 12 to come into OCR compliance, with the end of PHE provisions, says HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Rainer.  

Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Permanente Medical Group, describes how the shared security governance within the Kaiser Permanente organization helps strengthen its cybersecurity posture.

ComplyAssistant CEO Gerry Blass and University Hospital CISO Frank Sinatra discuss the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) guide, which aims to prevent threats coming from phishing, ransomware, data loss and attacks against connected medical devices.  

Michelle Ramim, assistant professor of health informatics at Nova Southeastern University, said international standards for wearable data protection should be established, as was the case for WiFi transmission.  

R David Moon, chairman and founder of Arx Nimbus, said point solutions encourage a reactive approach to cyber threats, and that a proactive approach to risk is needed.  

Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says that about 12 percent of respondents to a 2022 healthcare cybersecurity study experienced a ransomware attack.  

Targeted medication alerts use genetic and EHR information to warn of treatment issues when it really matters, says Anna Dover, director of product management at First Databank.

On Day 2 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, our roving reporters and thought leaders deliver news and views from the show floor.

Third parties are now directly tied into the pipeline of hospitals' critical functions, says Erik Decker, VP and CISO for Intermountain Healthcare.

At HIMSS23, Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, an otolaryngologist and AMA Board of Trustees member, will speak on the ways technology can grant access to improve equity in healthcare.