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Electronic medical records security and data loss prevention

• Value-based payment given higher priority than cybersecurity

  Health IT experts discuss why healthcare organizations may be more focused on reimbursement than on cybersecurity.  Continue Reading

• Patient engagement strategy heavily influences tech investment

  Hospital IT professionals are welcoming patient engagement technology, based on the results of a purchasing intentions survey by TechTarget and CHIME.  Continue Reading

• CIO: The benefits of blockchain technology will come to healthcare

  According to one CIO, blockchain has a ways to go before reaching maturity, but, eventually, it will provide great value to healthcare.  Continue Reading

• It's time to implement virtualization in healthcare, says an analyst

  If a hospital or health system hasn't implemented some form of virtualization, they need to start thinking about it, an analyst says. Virtualization in healthcare is not optional.  Continue Reading

• Hospital uses healthcare virtualization to transform digital strategy

  A CIO shares the benefits his hospital experienced using healthcare virtualization, including better patient experience, improved security and saving time.  Continue Reading

• CIOs becoming more comfortable with healthcare cloud security

  Healthcare cloud security has long been mistrusted by health IT professionals who had concerns about HIPAA compliance and more. This sentiment is beginning to change.  Continue Reading

• Hospital network security: Recursive DNS lookups yield threat insight

  Phishing attacks, clicking on malicious links and visiting malicious sites is a problem for hospital network security. One health system uses Cisco Umbrella to solve this problem.  Continue Reading

• CIO looks at future of healthcare virtualization, its security benefits

  One CIO weighs in on a newer concept: healthcare virtualization. He discusses how he thinks this technology will evolve, as well as the security benefits it offers.  Continue Reading

• New cybersecurity technologies can help providers prevent attacks

  While providers have made progress on cybersecurity, malware and insider threats are still rampant; newer technologies like access control and behavioral analytics are effective.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity of medical devices: The new threat landscape

  Medical devices can enter the organization through many different channels other than IT. Experts discuss medical device cybersecurity and the FDA's guidance.  Continue Reading

• Providers advance in battle against data breaches in healthcare

  The new year could be one of healthcare cybersecurity catchup, after 2015 logged huge health data breaches and 2016 saw devastating ransomware attacks on providers.  Continue Reading

• Security standards for healthcare information systems needed

  In order to achieve interoperability of security tools and strengthen security, one CIO said that there must be security standards for healthcare information systems.  Continue Reading

• Busting the early myths about blockchain in healthcare

  There's a lot of buzz about the uses for blockchain in healthcare. While the potential of this technology is exciting, one analyst provides a reality check.  Continue Reading

• With healthcare disaster recovery systems, storage options evolve

  As cyberattacks continue to hit health data networks with alarming frequency, providers are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud and other forms of healthcare disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Worries rise about security breaches in healthcare as endpoints expand

  As smartphones and tablets proliferate in hospitals -- increasing the risks of an endpoint security breach -- health IT executives must broaden and harden their defenses.  Continue Reading