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Cybersecurity: Page 8
HIMSS: Are you ready for a meaningful use audit?
By
Cynthia E. Keen
NEW ORLEANS - Hey, meaningful users! Are you prepared to pass a federal privacy and security audit? You may not be, which can carry important consequences, participants learned at a Sunday symposium of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting.
March 3, 2013
CynergisTek, Iatric to show audit services at HIMSS 2013
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CynergisTek and Iatric Systems plan to unveil a new set of managed audit services that combine CynergisTek's services with Iatric's patient privacy monitoring product, Security Audit Manager.
February 27, 2013
HHS announces changes in HIPAA privacy laws
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it has taken steps to strengthen healthcare privacy and security protections established under HIPAA.
January 20, 2013
HIMSS survey finds improvements in data security
By
Cynthia E. Keen
Thanks in part to the U.S. government's meaningful use initiative, U.S. hospitals have increased security to protect their electronic records, according to the fifth annual security survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Physician practices, however, have not been as progressive.
December 20, 2012
LockPath adds security framework to Keylight software
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Risk assessment and security compliance software firm LockPath plans to integrate the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF) with its Keylight platform.
December 17, 2012
Hackers hold medical records for ransom in Australia
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Seven years of patients' electronic medical records at a medical clinic in Miami, Queensland, are being held for ransom by hackers, according to Australian television channel
ABC News
.
December 13, 2012
Manchester to ditch 'backscatter' x-ray airport scanners
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Manchester Airport in the U.K. announced on September 17 that it will not renew a program to test airport security scanners based on backscatter x-rays.
September 16, 2012
Digital watermarks guard integrity of 3D images
By
Erik L. Ridley
Although undetected tampering of medical images by hackers or other parties may seem a remote prospect, research initiatives are under way to ensure it doesn't happen. A Singapore team has developed a tamper detection scheme based on digital watermarks that can determine if volumetric medical images have been altered.
August 6, 2012
Confused about cybersecurity? Resources are here to help
By
Cynthia E. Keen
As the healthcare industry ramps up its adoption of electronic health records, and radiologists increasingly add mobile devices and cloud archiving to their digital mix, questions about the security of digital data should escalate. Just how safe and impenetrable are imaging data?
June 7, 2012
VA issues report on security for mobile devices
By
Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General has published the findings of its investigation into allegations that the organization was circumventing security requirements for Apple mobile devices.
May 24, 2012
ONC offers meaningful use guide
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Office of the Chief Privacy Officer recently released an instructional guide designed to help healthcare practitioners, staff, and other professionals better understand the role of privacy and security in electronic health records and meaningful use.
May 8, 2012
ONC requests advice on mobile device security
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is requesting feedback on ways to maintain the privacy and security of confidential information in the use of mobile devices by healthcare professionals.
March 6, 2012
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