Jessica Davis
Healthcare IT News
Portland, ME, United States
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Is FDA doing enough to support medical device security?
McAfee researchers show just how easy it is to hack into devices -- but new MedCrypt data shows government guidance may be putting device manufacturers on the right trajectory to shore up this real threat. → Read More
FDA medical device plan zeros in on cybersecurity, public-private partnership
The agency released a five-point plan outlining regulatory changes to bolster medical device safety, including requiring manufacturers ensure devices can be updated and patched. → Read More
HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum's hottest topics: AI, bug bounty programs, medical device hacks
Expert security leaders from across the country will shed light on the industry’s biggest challenges and solutions at the upcoming event in San Francisco June 11-12. → Read More
Imprivata SVP Carina Edwards: Women should 'go for it' in their careers
The health and IT veteran discusses how the industry needs women to embrace who they are to fuel innovation. → Read More
HIMSS18 puts women front-and-center as conference keynotes, speakers
Women innovators from CMS, NASA, IBM Global Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic and Health 2.0 -- among a long list of others -- will share insights from interoperability to patient engagement at the annual health IT conference in Las Vegas. → Read More
Iowa legislature proposes requiring orgs to report breaches within 45 days
The proposed bill is just the latest from state governments pushing for tighter breach reporting requirements in the wake of major breaches like Equifax, Target and Verizon. → Read More
Pew to ONC: Expand data access through APIs
The nonprofit is asking Health IT to define the elements used in application programming interfaces and consider adding information from medical devices, genomic data and social determinants. → Read More
GAO: $36.7 billion in Medicaid payment errors tied to poor oversight of national repository
While the number of states contributing data was up from 18 to 49, challenges hindered CMS’ ability to effectively manage the program. → Read More
Feds say VA failed to report 90% of poor-performing providers
GAO found that 8 out of 9 providers with concerns on their records weren’t reported to state and national databases -- which could have pulled their licenses and prevent them crossing state lines to practice. → Read More
To master cybersecurity, design systems around employee workflows
Marin General has seen a 50 percent reduction in system vulnerabilities and 100 percent participation in staff security awareness efforts -- just by building a system designed for the humans who use it. → Read More
Meet the health IT vendors working to end the opioid crisis
Several companies are working with policymakers and other vendors to replace the use of highly-addictive painkillers and reduce overprescribing. → Read More
HHS, FDA, VA among the 24 federal agencies with ineffective security, report says
Inspector generals and GAO have made hundreds of recommendations to these agencies about deficiencies in security controls, but many have yet to be fully implemented. → Read More
Hackers hate ransomware, but it's quickly becoming the new DDoS
While nearly half of hackers are contemplating a ban on the sale of ransomware, new attack methods like those used in WannaCry and Petya demonstrate that it isn’t going anywhere soon. → Read More
While Harvey exposed health IT hurdles, some providers weathered the storm
Devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey, and likely Hurricane Irma, highlights the pressing need for healthcare EHR interoperability, but a few providers said cloud-based tech help them deliver care when many couldn’t. → Read More
Hackers breach New York's largest provider with phishing attacks
While only 744 patients were included in this month’s breach, Kaleida Health already notified 2,800 of its patients in July of a separate phishing incident. → Read More
Nuance still down after Petya cyberattack, offers customers alternative tools
Meanwhile, researchers have confirmed NotPetya isn’t ransomware, and instead, hackers masked the virus with ransom to dictate the media narrative and hide the real intent: disruption and destruction of data. → Read More
Interoperability shouldn't have fueled VA's Cerner decision, HL7 exec says
While the group’s CTO Wayne Kubick supports the move from an outdated, custom platform to a commercial EHR, organizations don’t need to be on the same platform to be interoperable, he said. → Read More
Calm before the storm? Ransomware, botnet attacks predicted to surge
The volume of ransomware attacks may have slowed during the first quarter of 2017, but WannaCry and the resurgence of Locky signal what’s on the horizon. → Read More
HHS task force says healthcare cybersecurity in 'critical condition'
A cybersecurity task force report released Friday revealed a laundry list of vulnerabilities including the lack of capable security workforce. → Read More
Colorado HIE bets on FHIR to speed up data exchange
CORHIO will launch its first use case in June, while a second use case centered around connected care management platform will launch at a later date. → Read More