A cybersecurity breach within Baltimore, Maryland-based LifeBridge Health and LifeBridge Potomac Professionals potentially exposed the private information of roughly 500,000
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Leadership, culture key to surviving a cybersecurity crisis
For a healthcare organization, a security incident that disrupts routine services is on par with a natural disaster. To mitigate
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Interoperability also posing big challenges in the UK
As the U.S. healthcare system continues to grapple with interoperability challenges, working from all angles to address them, it can
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When medical devices get hacked, hospitals often don't know it
The past three months have seen a record high in medical device recalls, increasing 126 percent in the first quarter
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CTA and Xcertia to develop rules of the road for mobile apps
The Consumer Technology Association and Xcertia, a mobile health app collaborative, are working together to develop guidelines for the market.
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NHS to improve cybersecurity posture with Windows 10 migration
The U.K. National Health Service signed an agreement with Microsoft to upgrade its legacy computer systems to Windows 10 to
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Ransomware attack against California provider breaches data of 85,000 patients
The California-based Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) is notifying 85,000 of its current and former patients that a ransomware attack
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Abbott releases firmware patch to fix cybersecurity flaws in 350,000 medical devices
Abbott released its second and final round of planned cybersecurity updates to its pacemakers, programmers and remote monitoring systems to
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HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum's hottest topics: AI, bug bounty programs, medical device hacks
At this point, the healthcare sector is well aware that hackers are targeting providers in droves. For one, it’s often
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Optum, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, others launch blockchain pilot
Five healthcare organizations including insurers UnitedHealthcare and Humana, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and MultiPlan are launching a blockchain pilot to help
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