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March 25, 2020

HIPAA Checklist For 2020 And Beyond

Every healthcare provider must meet the requirements laid out by HIPAA, also known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This legislation dictates how healthcare providers must handle patient information to ensure privacy and security. Though the bill was signed into law in 1996, it has been adapted over the years to keep up with technological advances and streamlined processes in the healthcare industry. So, how can you be HIPAA compliant in 2020? Is there a HIPAA audit checklist template for your business? And finally, what are the most important factors when developing your own HIPAA privacy checklist? Read…

October 27, 2017

5 Reasons Why Hackers Are Gunning for Healthcare Providers

A recent report from the consulting firm, Accenture, forecasts that cyberattacks will impose costs of more than $300 billion on U.S. healthcare centers and medical facilities over a five-year period due to cyberattacks, and that hackers will gain access to 1 in 13 patient records over the same period. It is not difficult to understand why hackers are targeting healthcare providers. Government regulationsforced healthcare providers to digitize patient information. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act obligated healthcare providers to move toward digitizing patient records before the beginning of 2014. Healthcare systems were already shifting to electronic medical records, but few of…

July 18, 2017

Is Healthcare IoT Secure? Not Even Close!

Source A recent cybersecurity exploit known as “MedJack” enables hackers to inject malware into internet-connected medical devices, including CT Scanners, MRI machines, and other monitors and equipment that track and record a patient’s vital signs. That malware then propagates through a medical center’s network to vacuum up patient medical and billing information. Hackers can then use this data to file fraudulent tax returns and to steal patients’ identities. Hackers who gain access to prescription medication information can turn that data around to order medicine that they can then resell over the dark web. This scenario is far more a rule…