The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced today the creation of a program to certify IT security products against its Common Security Framework for information. The CSF Ready program ...

As CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program drives EHR adoption, hospitals are increasingly focusing on protecting patients’ electronic information from being exposed.

Internet-connected medical devices – such as infusion pumps, heartrate monitors, and even imaging and biopsy tables – have become a critical part of the healthcare environment. These devices improve ...

Healthcare IT is embracing hybrid cloud to balance security, compliance, and innovation. By blending on-premises control with cloud scalability, providers can protect patient data while modernizing ...

Ben Tercha is COO at Omega Systems, an award-winning managed IT services provider (MSP) and managed security service provider (MSSP). Perhaps tasked with meeting more stringent cybersecurity and ...

Integrators must bridge IT/Facilities divide or lose major projects: Integrators embedding cyber awareness into physical deployments will win while traditional contractors get sidelined—map ...

Funding shortfalls and workforce shortages leave small, rural and resource-constrained healthcare providers especially vulnerable to ransomware attacks that disrupt care delivery. That's a reality ...

Protecting patient privacy and security is no game, but learning about it can be. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT unveiled a new video game to help train medical personnel about ...

The Office of the Inspector General is readying itself for its monitoring responsibilities over the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, which will begin upgrading its computer and data systems, ...

Hospitals and health systems are operating in one of the most challenging environments in modern healthcare. Workforce shortages remain severe, violence against healthcare workers continues to rise, ...