Cybercrime and data loss have devastating consequences—and while adopting data security best practices is important in any industry, it’s absolutely crucial in health care. That’s because, in our ...

A recent large hacking incident and a separate vulnerability disclosure involving two different vendors' products related to electronic health records serve as the latest reminders of the potential ...

Role-based access control (RBAC) restricts access to patient data based on job responsibilities, reducing risk. Encryption methods like symmetric and asymmetric key schemes safeguard sensitive health ...

A recent Xerox survey showed nearly 80 percent of respondents have concerns about the safety of their electronic medical records, according to a Xerox release. Xerox and Harris Interactive surveyed ...

The opioid crisis in the US has had a devastating toll, impacting tens of thousands of families. According to Mitchell Parker, CISO at Indiana University Health, a small part of the human suffering ...

Progressive Therapeutics in Framingham, Massachusetts, provides psychiatric care for patients in the greater Metrowest area of the Bay State. It has nine licensed mental health professionals on staff, ...

A healthcare services contractor has agreed to pay a $933,000 settlement in a federal whistleblower case involving alleged false claims by the entity about the security of electronic medical records ...

Montefiore Medical Center is notifying patients of a recent security breach that involved illegal access to HIPAA protected health information by a former employee. The incident occurred between June ...

July 29, 2016 - It’s hard to believe that anyone would think of anonymous hackers taking down websites and disrupting networks just for fun as the good old days, but in many ways they were. At least ...