Cybersecurity

The dialysis company will also enter into an agreement with the agency to improve its patient privacy protocols.

Roughly 1500 of the EHR vendor’s customers experienced some sort of disruption after SamSam struck.

Could the EHR vendor have prevented the SamSam ransomware attack or offset its effects?

Attorneys filed the complaint on behalf of a Florida orthopedic group after the SamSam virus allegedly disrupted some medical practices for 8 days.

How to create stronger passwords and plug often-overlooked cybersecurity holes in healthcare.

Why FHIRChain appears to be a low-cost solution to the data breach problem.

"A week out and they still cannot give us an estimated time we will all be back and running," a provider told Healthcare Analytics News.

“None were hospitals or large independent physician practices,” a company spokesperson said.

The SamSam malware that is disrupting the EHR provider's clients nationwide is usually delivered manually, and can be extremely difficult to get rid of.

The settlement agreement also calls for privacy best practices and training.

The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences wants to help other healthcare orgs prepare for cyberattacks.

"Experience with FDA and the 510K process" is a preferred qualification, though.

Experts and insiders sound off on the projects, people, and patterns poised to pop off in 2018.

"HHS’s rules are impossible to square with the plain language of the controlling legislative enactments."

These in-depth reads helped guide hospitals through transition, promote innovation, and spotlight threats.

The settlement with HHS is hardly the end of 21st Century Oncology's financial and compliance woes.

From the depths of the dark web to privacy concerns stemming from the government’s response to the opioid crisis, it was a busy year.

In 2017, a spate of high-profile attacks brought the healthcare industry’s need to strengthen its cybersecurity into sharp focus.

The experts have weighed in. These are the healthtech companies that won 2017.

A new survey suggests executives are most concerned about ransomware in 2018, and email is the biggest vulnerability.

A $3.6M government grant is funding University of Michigan’s potentially game-changing project.

The global cyberattack infected computers in hospitals and elsewhere, costing billions of dollars, in May.

The American Health Information Management Association's tips range from basics like encryption to concepts like a cybersecurity "State of the Union."

Electronic medical records have become a valuable commodity for criminals on the dark web. The problem might get worse before it gets better.

The National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center will use dynamic user authentication going forward.