Most forays stopped by security protections surrounding COVID-19 vaccine Cyberattacks that originated in North Korea and Russia have been targeting companies conducting research for a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, Microsoft said in a new blog post. The company says the attacks were aimed at…
Company expects rapid reconnection King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services confirmed that all 250-plus U.S. locations were affected by malware and expects systems to be recovered and applications reconnected soon, according to ABC News and a statement from the health system. The attack…
Analytics key contributor to market revenue as IT interoperability is set to drastically increase in value Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis contends that interoperability has become a critical consideration for all health IT (HIT) applications. Countries where HIT interoperability standards are equally important and…
Nearly 300,000 patients potentially affected by incident reported in late June as malware attack compromises sensitive data Houston-based Benefit Recovery Specialists, which provides billing and collection services to healthcare providers and payers, recently began notifying 274,837 patients and health plan members of a malware attack…
How Hospitals Can Gain Actionable Insights from Their Smartphone Platforms Information is the lifeblood of healthcare. Only recently, however, are hospitals and health systems leveraging this voluminous data through increased investments in analytics for clinical, operational and financial functions. According to a recent survey…
Why automation may be the best thing for IT professionals Early in 2019, a data breach at the University of Washington saw information of nearly one million patients exposed or put at risk. “UW Medicine became aware of a vulnerability on a website server…
Data from 2016 shows indirect patient care gets majority of attention First-year internal medicine residents spend 43 percent of their day on average on EHR use, and ultimately spend more time in indirect patient care than interacting with patients, according to a recent JAMA…
Experts weigh in on fixing problems before the start, plus the idea of phishing simulations In our last installment, we discussed risk management and analysis with two experts from Kauffman Rossin—Kevin Fine, MHA, Kaufman Rossin’s director of healthcare advisory services, as well as Rob…
Mobile technologies are helping to empower clinicians, streamline processes, and improve the care delivery experience for providers and patients alike. Information overload and communication challenges are major stress-inducers for home health nurses, as agencies are well aware. Fortunately, new mobile technologies are helping to…
How will the deployment of blockchain technology in healthcare market help healthcare providers and payers complement their service portfolio? Unleashing a remarkable potential for improving patient care, the blockchain technology in healthcare market has triggered innumerable innovations in the fields of drug supply…