Patient-generated health data (PGHD) has not yet been embraced as a revolutionary tool for healthcare, despite being touted as having the potential to increase patient engagement and clinician insight, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Unauthorized users gaining access to private medical records is not a prevalent concern among young adult patients, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's January 2019 Health Tracking Poll.
The health IT workforce appears to be growing in hospitals, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2019 U.S. Leadership and Workforce Survey.
Hospitals and health systems recieved an influx of fraudulent emails last year , a persistent problem that has cost healthcare organizations $12.5 billion since the end of 2013, a Proofpoint study found.
Insurers see outdated technology and a lack of automation as key challenges holding back their organization's operational efficiency and driving up costs, according to new survey results from HealthEdge.
Healthcare data breaches are on the rise, according to public data reported in a research letter and published in JAMA Network.
Maryland did not adequately follow federal requirements to secure its Medicaid data and information systems, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.
Healthcare, warns Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Cybersecurity Investigations Report (DBIR), is the only industry where insider threats are greater than threats from the outside. Human error remains a major contributor to healthcare risks. DBIR analysis also flags a shift in how social attacks, such as financial pretexting and phishing, are used.
Verizon has re-examined the data within their Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) series to focus in on the healthcare sector’s unique profile and security challenges, and particularly the use/abuse of protected health information (PHI). Verizon’s 2018 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report (PHIDBR) is underpinned by 1,368 incidents from this caseload covering 27 countries.
Verizon has re-examined the data within their Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) series to focus in on the healthcare sector’s unique profile and security challenges, and particularly the use/abuse of protected health information (PHI). Verizon’s 2018 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report (PHIDBR) is underpinned by 1,368 incidents from this caseload covering 27 countries.