By Anthony Murray – Cybersecurity consists of the practices and software utilized to protect data from unauthorized access, as well as from internal vulnerabilities that put data at risk. Healthcare data has become a growing target of cyber-attacks via areas such as digital health records, data sharing and…
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By Devin Partida – The medical industry consists of many steps to provide patients with the best care possible. Within this process, payments and coding present a unique challenge. Health care professionals often outsource medical coding to third-party professionals. Doing so, however, requires strict compliance with HIPAA regulations.
By Arshad Noor – In a recent blog post, Daniel Meissler theorizes that the benefits of quickly building bad software have so far outweighed the downsides. Though this sounds plausible and seductive, there is a more insidious picture being overlooked.
By Art Gross – It is no secret that despite increased awareness of data breaches around the globe, businesses continue to fall victim to cybercriminals exploiting their weak security measures.
By Matt Fisher – Data remains exposed in significant numbers in the healthcare industry. The monthly Protenus Breach Barometer shows that the trend of at least one breach per day in a month is continuing. To be specific, Protenus and Databreaches.net showed 37 breaches being disclosed for the first time in May.
By Matt Fisher – Regulatory schemes for the protection of data, whether healthcare or otherwise, are often criticized in the US for being fragmentary and siloed. No coordinated regulatory framework exists because that is not the way the law was implemented.