Privacy & Security (268)

Every country, every government is concerned with protecting data and training its workforce to be prepared for a cyberattack, says Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS.

The architecture to develop security programs is shifting as providers manage a larger number of partners in the supply chain and in hospital at home programs, says Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare.

HIPAA is a baseline to new regulations that include incident reporting within 72 hours, says George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and the CEO of Intraprise Health.

The Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum affirms reasons for those efforts, including saving lives and directing future initiatives, says Ian Mack, IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia and HIMSS Virginia Chapter communications chair.

There's been a shift in thinking from preparing for a physical disaster to being ready for any disruption, including cyberattacks, says Heather Costa, Mayo Clinic's director of Technology Resilience.

Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, explains some of the sometimes surprising ways privacy and security intersect with health access, patient engagement and education.

The attacks haven't changed but the interconnectedness of hospitals with each other and third parties means when one is impacted, the entire health system can be affected, says Dr. Benoit Desjardins, a professor at the University of Montreal.

Science needs data, and the data used for clinical decision support models needs to be protected, says cybersecurity expert Richard Staynings, who is also a professor at the University of Denver.

Fearing fraud, patients may not answer phone calls from providers or health plans, which can negatively impact their care. Jim Tyrrell, VP of global product strategy at TNS, discusses how branded calling and spoof protection can help.

Breaches have increased 250% over the last five years and ransomware attacks have increased 280%, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the HSCC, Cybersecurity Working Group.

Vantiq's Sam Schifman talks about how the company's platform can assist clinicians in managing aging and chronically ill patients' care by "orchestrating" different systems to process and contextualize data in real time.

HIMSS found third-party risk management is the top weak link for IT leaders and executives, with most wanting AI powered threat detection, a solution usually not done inhouse, says Jill Brewer, market insights lead.