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HHS offers tips to protect from web application attacks in healthcare

Editor's Note The US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a new brief offering tips on how to protect healthcare organizations from basic web application attacks, the American Hospital Association (AHA) July 26 reports. These attacks target patient portals and expose patient…

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By: Lauren McCaffrey
July 28, 2022
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Preventing culture shock with a new approach to block time

The passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009 brought electronic health records (EHR) to the forefront, but the concept existed long before that. Larry Weed and Jan Schultz at the University of Vermont developed a preliminary system in the 1970s. In 2014,…

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By: Shawn Sefton, MBA, BSN, RN
July 26, 2022
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Joint Commission collecting, sharing CISA educational resources on cybersecurity

Editor's Note The Joint Commission on July 13 announced via its blog Dateline @ TJC that it has partnered with the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to compile and make available several CISA educational resources and tools on cybersecurity at no cost to healthcare providers. These include: A template…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
July 18, 2022
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Cybersecurity alert: New ransomware threat to healthcare out of North Korea

Editor's Note The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Treasury Department on July 6 issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of ransomware threats against the US healthcare and public sectors from hackers sponsored by North Korea, Becker’s Health IT July 6 reports. The FBI explained the threat comes from…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
July 7, 2022
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Recent ransomware attack affected 600 healthcare organizations

Editor's Note More than 600 healthcare organizations, including hospitals, practices, and other health facilities, have been affected by a data breach on an accounts receivable management company called Professional Finance Company's network, Becker’s Health IT July 5 reports. The ransomware attack on Professional Finance Company, which provides services to healthcare…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
July 5, 2022
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Legislation to improve medical device cybersecurity introduced, supported by AHA

Editor's Note On Friday, June 24, the American Hospital Association (AHA) voiced support for the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care Act (PATCH Act)—legislation that would “require medical device manufacturers to meet certain cybersecurity requirements when seeking approval for devices that are internet connected or include software” in order to…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
June 30, 2022
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Report: Breaches of health information on the rise since 2015

Editor's Note According to an “electronic health information” release by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), titled “HHS Needs to Improve Communications for Breach Reporting” and published on May 27, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has seen an increase in reported breaches of health information since 2015,…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
June 30, 2022
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Machine learning models predict ambulatory surgery end time, PACU discharge

Editor's Note In this study from the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, researchers developed a machine learning model that improved the ability to predict surgery end times and PACU discharge at a range of start times in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Of 13,447 surgical procedures analyzed, the…

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By: Judy Mathias
June 29, 2022
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Machine learning model uses data from wearable devices to detect COVID-19 in HCWs

Editor's Note Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York City, have developed a machine learning model that uses physiological metrics collected from wearable devices that can detect and predict COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs). A total of 407 HCWs from 7 hospitals were enrolled in the…

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By: Judy Mathias
June 23, 2022
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HHS issues new HIPPA guidance for audio-only telehealth services

Editor's Note On June 13, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance for HIPPA-covered healthcare providers and health plans to comply with privacy, security, and breach notification requirements when using remote communication technologies to provide “audio-only” telehealth services, the American Hospital…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
June 14, 2022
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