“Doctor, How Bad Is It?” “I’m not sure, I can’t access your medical records to tell you exactly what the prognosis is.” Recently, this is what Virtual Care Provider had to tell its clients; that the technology services that they were providing were on hacker hiatus. In other words, they were hit by a...
It is likely that we can all recall a moment when we “knew about” something before anyone else. A band, a trend, a fad. Then it goes mainstream and you realize the word is out, and when a big name gets on board with promoting the person, place or cause, you find yourself part of...
Isn’t it wonderful how technology has made medical care more accessible? Not only can medical professionals be mobile and go TO their patients, but patients can now take ownership via apps and devices that allow them to monitor their own well-being. Apps and devices are now available that give us so much information and access;...
Sick on the Inside The American Cancer Society deals with illness of the human sort, but recently they had to deal with another kind of toxic plague silently taking over. On the outside, things looked fine. But on the inside, there was a silent plague. Hidden as analytical code, security experts discovered malware embedded in...
Campbell County Chaos Hopefully, you didn’t have a doctor appointment in Campbell County Wyoming recently. And if you had an emergency situation, perhaps you were not getting the immediate care that you may have hoped for when you showed up at the ER. It wasn’t the long wait from an overcrowded hospital waiting room, or...
Humans or HIPAA? When it comes to healthcare organizations addressing the HIPAA compliance of their business, many feel prepared and comfortable, readily checking that “compliant” box. But addressing the human part of security falls by the wayside too often. Compliance and cybersecurity, which includes human security, both need to be a part of your overall...
HIPAA – Then & Now The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, has been around since 1996, with the intent to protect patients by properly handling their protected health information (PHI). With good intentions, HIPAA set forth to provide both security provisions and data privacy. The legislation was passed in the...
This isn’t something you can pencil in and get to when you have time, cyber maintenance has to be something you commit to. We all have those moments when we realize that we had the best intentions to stick with something, but its priority fell by the wayside. We start off strong, then taper off...
A recent report by KLAS and CHIME looked at the cybersecurity practices of healthcare providers based on recent guidance issued on the subject. The results? Although some best practices seem to be on the radars of organizations of all sizes, overall findings suggest that small practices have some work to do. In their white paper,...
In 2018, 71% of ransomware attacks targeted small businesses, according to a report by Beazley Breach Response Services. It’s clear that small businesses are a cybercriminals favorite target, yet many remain unprepared to handle a cyber-attack. Is it that small businesses don’t care about cybersecurity? It wouldn’t be fair to make that assumption; however, small...
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