Debunking Common Misconceptions About Open-Source EHRs
Open-source software is often surrounded by misconceptions that hold people back from adopting it, so healthcare organizations that consider implementing an open-source EHR need to separate harmful myths from actual challenges that such a project can entail.
Looking Ahead Post-ViVE: AI, Security Concerns, and Industry Transactions
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and significant partnerships shaping the future of healthcare were among the key takeaways from four days at ViVE 2024. Here are the other highlights of the best moments from the annual healthtech industry gathering and a look ahead.
Reconsidering How We Verify Identities in Healthcare
The size and scale of data breaches worsens each year; December 2023 saw at least two multimillion-record data breaches reported. As new tools like AI grow in prevalence, organizations need to start changing the way they handle data to keep pace with ever-worsening attacks.
Health System CMO Shares Impact of Change Healthcare Cyberattack
According to an American Hospital Association survey, 94% of hospitals have experienced a financial impact from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, with more than half of hospitals reporting a significant or serious impact. The survey found the cyberattack has impacted the cash flow at 80% of hospitals, with 60% of those hospitals reporting an impact on revenue of at least $1 million per day. The survey also found that 74% of hospitals reported direct patient care being affected.
Will the Change Healthcare Outage Prod Execs to Make Technology Improvements?
As healthcare organizations across the country assess the damage caused by the Change Healthcare outage, executives are not only looking at the financial fallout but also the technological repercussions. In short, what will health systems need to do to make sure this doesn’t happen again—or if it does happen, that they have the resources in place to minimize damage?
Pressure Builds for Federal Intervention on Change Healthcare Cyberattack
The American Hospital Association has added its voice to growing calls for federal intervention in the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
A Healthcare Headache: New Tech Often Means New Cybersecurity Concerns
With the healthcare sector seeing data breaches and ransomware attacks on an almost daily basis, the federal government is making a push to strengthen security standards.
Cybersecurity and Healthcare: Why the Industry Must be Vigilant About New Vulnerabilities
Across the country, healthcare executives are meeting with the FBI and taking extra security measures within their IT systems. Outsourcing and off-shoring IT governance is falling out of favor as an industry practice. Budgets are tight, but hospitals and health systems are expected to pour more internal resources into revamping their IT security in 2024 than ever before.
Data Breach Costs NY Presbyterian $300K
According to the AG’s office, between 2016 and 2022 NYP used unvetted third-party tracking pixels and tags on its website that sent visitors’ data back to vendors whenever the website loaded or when a visitor clicked a link, submitted a form, or ran a search.
HHS Tells Health Systems: Get Serious About Cybersecurity
The six-page document builds off of the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, which was unveiled last March, and follows recent actions taken by federal agencies to boost security, including the release of healthcare-specific practices and training resources, guidance on medical device security from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and new telehealth guidelines from the HHS Office of Civil Rights.