Privacy & Security (191)

Dr. Brian Anderson, chief digital health physician at MITRE, talks about the importance of partnerships between digital health companies, health systems and regulators as the development and use of advanced AI tools for healthcare increases.

IoT and IoMT devices may comprise 20% to 30% of a healthcare organization’s attack surface. John Vecchi, chief marketing officer at Phosphorus Cybersecurity, discusses how healthcare IT teams can monitor these tools and strengthen their security.

Jay Stewart, vice president of sales for CORL Technologies, Meditology Services, advises healthcare organizations to discuss AI use and governance with vendors, regularly testing cyber defenses and routinely assessing internal and third-party risks.

ePHI is often found in unstructured files outside of EHRs, posing a major security risk for healthcare organizations. Matthew DiMatteo, business development at Tausight, talks about helping IT teams find and secure this stray data.

Employee and vendor buy-in can strengthen a healthcare organization's cybersecurity posture. Chris Logan, SVP and chief security officer at Censinet, encourages actively managing and mitigating cyber risk among vendors and across the organization.

OrthoVirginia didn't pay the millions attackers demanded and instead embarked on an 18-month recovery process while continuing to serve patients coming in for overdue surgeries following the COVID-19 pandemic, says CIO Terri Ripley.

Dr. Christian Dameff, medical director of cybersecurity for UC San Diego Health, is set to talk about getting employees invested in organizational cybersecurity from a care quality perspective at the HIMSS 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

Dr. Joye Purser, field CISO for Veritas Technologies, explains high-impact cyber threats that healthcare organizations face, as well as how to build a security culture from the inside out to prevent and combat data breaches.

Steven Ramirez, CISO at Renown Health, and Steve Cagle, CEO at Clearwater, discuss their long-term partnership, top threats to healthcare and how vendors and partners can work tougher for risk management.

Quy Vo-Reinhard, dHealth Foundation director and cofounder, explains how technologies like blockchain and smart contracts may underpin EMRs of the future, but for regulators and users to keep up, there needs to be an emphasis on education.

Chad Peterson, managing director at NetSPI, talks about HIPAA's "unwritten requirement" – how pentesting can help HIT understand environments and protect vulnerabilities.

Raza Beg, cybersecurity lead at the Defense Health Agency, discusses his Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) certification, his career trajectory and how other professionals view the credentials.