By David Holtzman JD – New data reporting on the incidence of malware and ransomware incidents in healthcare find that the majority of physicians are experiencing cyberattacks while many fear they are in the line of fire for future attacks.
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Business news from West’s Health Advocate Solutions, Linguamatics, CynergisTek, Edifecs Inc., Zynx Health, ApolloMed, and LifeMD.
By Marti Arvin – eClinicalWorks, an EHR vendor, recently settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Inspector General of HHS (OIG) for $155 million and entered a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA).
By Clyde Hewitt – If one lesson is clear from the constant stream of recent settlements announced by the Office for Civil Rights, it is that covered entities are not implementing risk management plans to reduce risks to protected health information (PHI) to an acceptable and appropriate level.
By David Holtzman – New Mexico became the forty-eighth state to enact a data breach notification law. Only Alabama and South Dakota remain without such requirements.
By John Nye – The US Department of Health and Human Services, OCR, published an advisory in the March issue of its “Cybersecurity Newsletter” warning of a well-known attack method known as the man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
Business news from Cynergistek, Spok Holdings Inc., Wake Forrest Innovations, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Pappas Capital, SnapMD, d2i, athenahealth, Reputation.com, Fitbit, Qualcomm
Infographics are great way to display statistical data that shows comparisons or charts that come from research and reports. In these infographics see the impact data breaches are having on the US healthcare industry, how privacy and security are key pillars to effectively serving patients and avoiding costly data breaches, and what the trends and challenges were in 2015.