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One moment all was “normal.” Or the “normal” that nurses and other clinicians, admissions and pharmacy staff experience each day.

HealthcareIT News By Jessica Davis | September 26, 2017 As common half-truths and misperceptions plague information security, we separate truth from fiction and outline steps to take in order to make your healthcare institution safer.

Healthcare IT News By Jessica Davis | September 26, 2017 While the costs tied to protection can be daunting, especially for small organizations, the costs only increase after an attack.

HIPAA’s “Security Guidelines” mandate that all healthcare organizations using healthcare data comply with its data security and integrity standards, and the penalties and fines for noncompliance are substantial. A contingency plan for disaster recovery and business continuity is a key standard ...

As mentioned in our previous blog, “The Inevitable HCIS Downtime,” your healthcare information system (HCIS), which houses all your patient information, can be brought down for reasons that are planned (maintenance, upgrades, etc.), but unplanned downtimes can occur at any time due to a number of ...

What goes up must come down. As healthcare processes have become more and more automated and healthcare organizations transferred to electronic health records to simplify patient data management, a new set of challenges has emerged. Security of electronic patient data is one, mainly due to HIPAA ...

As you know, the “WannaCry” ransomware attack has impacted hundreds of thousands computers with Microsoft operating systems in more than 150 countries around the globe. Several hospital networks in the UK and other countries were included in the attack. We hope your hospital was not one of them.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services TRACIE Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway Recent cyberattacks on healthcare facilities have had significant effects on every aspect of patient care and organizational continuity. They highlight the need for healthcare organizations ...

As software developers, we’re always working on enhancing our technology. We aim to progress our solutions’ functionality to the leading edge rather than just keeping it up-to-date with the current trends. Applications are typically developed based on the latest operating systems and servers ...

Consumer Reports By Michelle Andrews | August 25, 2016 Watch Video When thieves take your personal data to get prescription drugs, doctor care, or surgery, it can endanger your health and trash your finances It began like an ordinary purse snatching. The credit card reader on the gas pump at her ...

HealthcareIT News By Bill Siwicki | May 11, 2016 Half are caused by criminal cyber attacks, half by human error.

Ransomware Attacks Ransomware has been in the news a lot in recent weeks following attacks on businesses (less-publicized) and hospitals (Kentucky, Three Hospitals, CA Hospital, etc.). As a service to the healthcare community, we are providing a centralized resource for information on the issue, as ...