Cybersecurity

Uber Health is taking a comprehensive approach toward patient privacy. Otherwise, providers would “vote with their feet,” says one expert.

Announced during HIMSS 2018, the plan calls for patient access to their health records, in a push toward interoperability and value-based care.

Patients were exposed by yet another snail-mail breakdown.

A new study highlights why healthcare organizations must do more than train employees to not click sketchy emailed links.

More than 80% of the 140,335 affected patients had their information exposed in unauthorized access or disclosure incidents.

But healthcare is among the hardest hit by extortion and data weaponization, according to a new report from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

No one knows who is behind the hacker collective, but hospitals must be prepared to fight these self-described “savage creatures.”

Patients, physicians, regulators, manufacturers, and professional societies must make informed decisions based on new threats.

The move is meant to encourage publically-traded companies—like some healthcare services companies that were recently hit—to be more transparent about breaches and vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey settled another data breach case for $1 million.

The sting yielded more than 20,000 attacks, underscoring why all healthcare organizations must take cybersecurity—and their cyber defenses—seriously.

A leader at the Blockchain Research Institute details how the technology could transform medicine, from information sharing to patient outcomes.

Privacy and security extend beyond HIPAA. Here’s what healthcare leaders must know about training staff for ransomware, phishing, and more.

She thought she was attending the blockchain event as an equal, but her colleagues saw things differently.

November through February are often marked by an uptick in cyberattacks, security expert Dustin Hutchison explains.

The insurer wants $20 million. The legal firm wants Aetna to pay. Patients are due $17 million.

What healthcare organizations and digital health ventures must know about open-source software before tracking and implementing it.

Blockchain is set to redefine how healthcare is contracted, managed, and paid for. Although the technology is in its early stages, here is where we are and what is ahead.

The sector was the most likely to deploy anti-ransomware software. But it was still the most likely to get hit.

The conventional wisdom is you never pay the file kidnappers. In a recent hospital cyberattack, paying may have been the only option.

Lost hard drives, email hacks, and more: Last month, 18 different institutions reported breaches.

We’re co-hosting a webinar featuring attorney and blockchain expert Steven W. Teppler. Here’s how you can register—and why you should.

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?