Cybersecurity

A pharma executive launched a “cash-out” site to reap ad dollars from companies targeting high-value physicians. How can healthcare protect itself?

“If we give them ownership, it will help engagement [and] improve outcomes, because now they can get better care."

“Privacy is dead, Sheila, I'm sorry to tell you."

A Sentry-funded study suggests hospitals want high-tech solutions for a serious problem.

Investigators analyzed 91 studies to develop a framework for future research.

Critics say the available data is insufficient. That matters for hospitals and patients alike.

"Patient safety is on everyone's mind, but technology safety sometimes gets left behind."

If the Supreme Court hears the case, it could have major implications for future hacking incidents.

It's time, experts said, for executives and employees to adapt.

How diagnoses can progress from the "19th-century Oslerian blueprint."

Analytics might be able to help defeat the so-called “Lasagna Law" of diminishing study subject availability.

A HIMSS expert details what hospitals need to know.

An agency leader says the process should continue “throughout the total product life cycle.”

“They have more janitors at these hospitals than they do security people.”

A HIMSS expert says everyone needs to increase their cybersecurity literacy.

A study found vulnerabilities in 21 top apps, including 18 that leaked private data.

A bioethicist said the information ends up being used in the same ways, which is what research contributors care about most.

A single case underscores the need for clinicians and hospitals to look beyond regulations when seeking consent.

“Consumer wearables fall between the cracks of what is already a fragmented and not particularly powerful set of government safeguards."

The researcher who helped shape HIPAA is now taking on gaps in patient data privacy nationwide.

Why one expert is pushing to establish a fund to pay out victims.

The administration is expected today to designate the opioid crisis a public health emergency. But what does that mean for patients’ data?

"If your app carefully sidesteps claiming any kind of medical intervention, then it's a health and wellness app and not a medical device -- and it is not regulated."

What the FDA and manufacturers can do better when issuing future updates.

A report from McAfee Labs found that the industry suffered the most security incidents of the 2nd quarter.