SPOTLIGHT -
A Curious, New Hardware Fix for Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
Meet the memristor, a unique physical fix for a digital problem that has plagued healthcare.
Closing Out the First-Ever HLTH Meeting in Las Vegas
More than 3500 attendees joined a host of high-profile speakers for the audacious event.
Blockchain Disruption a Matter of "When, Not if," According to HLTH Panel
"It’s a combination of 20- or 30-year-old technologies that allow systems to interoperate...I don’t want to hear anyone asking if this is mature technology."
Why Orig3n Won't Sell Customer Genetic Data
During an interview at HLTH, CEO Robin Smith said his company had no interest in deciding who else could see a consumer's genetic info.
5 Stories That Ignited Health Tech This Week
From big data’s role in solving coming healthcare problems to Comcast’s new partnership, these stories resonated with our readers.
Podcast: Finding Orangeworm
A new kind of healthcare hacker has been invading networks for years. Can it be stopped?
April's OCR-Reported Data Breaches: 766,000* Patients at Risk (So Far)
It’s a big number, and a big asterisk, but OCR-reported breaches have easily crossed the 1 million mark for 2018.
5 Ways Healthcare Can Defend Itself Against Orangeworm
A cybersecurity expert describes how to close the longstanding holes that enabled the cyberattacks.
How Orangeworm Burrowed Into Healthcare's Supply Chain
One of the experts who first discovered the hacker group says the attacks look like corporate espionage, not cyber warfare.
Is Blockchain the Answer to Healthcare's Cybersecurity Concerns?
The technology appears capable of safeguarding sensitive patient data, but it has yet to make a big footprint outside the cryptocurrency community.
FDA Approves Update to Plug Abbott Cybersecurity, Battery Holes
The firmware update is now available to patients, who might face a greater risk of harm if they don’t act.
Trust Is Key as Health Data Gain More Importance
Patients and physicians are excited about digital health, but an expert said both sides must trust each other.
Device Maker Inogen Reports Data Breach That May've Affected 30,000 Patients
The company's admission joins a spate of recent, high-profile breaches involving thousands of patients' information.
3 Things That Healthcare Must Understand About Cybersecurity
How these issues will be examined during a new Texas Hospital Association conference.
Learning from Chesapeake Regional Healthcare's Hard Drive Data Breach
How the Virginia health system is strengthening security protocols. Others might want to take notice.
Protected Health Information of 2100 Patients Exposed After 2 Hard Drives Stolen
The Chesapeake Regional Healthcare data breach emphasizes the wide-ranging threat to patients’ medical records.
Even Without PHI, Facebook Generates A Lot of Useful Health Data
The social media giant's now-halted pitch to health systems is actually somewhat similar to a health intitiative it already runs...with one key difference.
Vulnerabilities Are Surging, and Healthcare Cybersecurity Might Struggle to Keep Up
A pair of new reports illustrate the cybersecurity paradoxes facing large organizations, like health and pharma companies.
Errant Email May Have Exposed 30,000 Mississippians' PHI
The Mississippi State Department of Health is sending out letters warning patients of the unauthorized disclosure.
After Failing to Avert Data Breach Lawsuit, CareFirst Gets Hacked Again
The insurer is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to 6800 affected individuals.
Big Healthcare Players to Explore Blockchain's Viability
Proponents and detractors alike agree that blockchain still lacks proven use cases in healthcare. Some major companies want to change that.
March's Reported Data Breaches: Another 120,000 Patients at Risk (So Far)
Another month, another hundred-thousand-plus patients who may have had their protected health information (PHI) compromised.
The MyFitnessPal Data Breach Must Resonate Beyond Its Userbase
150 million exposed accounts is far too many. It’s time for patients, tech companies, and healthcare organizations to adapt.
Podcast: Who Is the Dark Overlord?
In the inaugural episode of our podcast, Data Book, we take a look at the grisly hacker collective called the Dark Overlord. What damage has the group done, and why is it hell-bent on hacking healthcare?
Introducing Our New Podcast, Data Book
We’re all about great stories and great insights. And that’s what you can expect from Data Book, the first-ever Healthcare Analytics News™ podcast, dropping this Friday.
Threats to Health Data Often Come From Inside, Report Finds
A Verizon study concluded that healthcare is the only industry whose biggest threat is internal. Here’s how health systems can prepare.
Finger Lakes Health Battling Ransomware Attack
The 3-hospital system in New York has instituted downtime protocols. What would your organization do?
Penetration Testing: If You Can't Beat the Hackers, Join Them
Cybercriminals are coming for your healthcare data. Here’s how you can fight fire with fire.
A New Ethical Wrinkle for Medical Algorithms
Unintentional bias and data privacy often steer the conversation. Profiteering, intentional bias, and the possibility of machine dependence don’t.
Newly-Reported Incidents Put February's Compromised Patient Record Total Over 300k
Just because February's over doesn't mean healthcare organizations are done reporting data breaches to OCR. One new incident may have compromised 135,000 patient records.