By Matt Fisher – Healthcare experienced a large degree of uncertainty and fluctuation in 2017. Almost no day passed without news of action or activity impacting the industry. All of the back and forth left healthcare buffeted and ready for a rest. Unfortunately, that rest is unlikely to come in 2018.
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From the Hayes Healthcare Leaders Blog Series – There’s a familiar quote that says, “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” But ‘tis the season for doing just that so we asked some of the leading healthcare experts to give us their predictions for the industry in 2018.
By Suzanne Schwartz MD MBA – Virtually every aspect of our lives – including our health – has gone digital. Medical devices from insulin pumps to implantable cardiac pacemakers are becoming more interconnected and, like computers and the networks they operate in, can be vulnerable to security breaches.
By Grant Elliott – Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder of 2017 and on into 2018…
By Art Gross – Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes recently released findings from their Second Annual State of Ransomware Report, which provides us with some important insight on today’s state of digital security.
By Art Gross – Cybersecurity issues have become very prevalent in the modern era, making headlines with their disasters and fines associated with them.
By Art Gross – A recent survey found that although healthcare organizations understand the importance of protecting patient information, they often fall short on improving their security measures. An article on PR Newswire explores the findings of the Netwrix survey.
By Sarianne Gruber – More and more medical devices are becoming smarter, and close to 15% are already smart and are on the network. The challenge with connected ‘smart’ medical devices is their vulnerability to cybersecurity attacks.
By Sarianne Gruber – More and more medical devices are becoming smarter, and close to 15% are already smart and are on the network. The…