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The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable.February 13
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Similar to how an individual would not go to the dentist until after teeth have started falling out, an organization should not wait until a breach to get serious about cybersecurity.February 13
Chief technology officerWhite Hat Security
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AI’s ability to interpret data relies on processes that are not transparent, making it difficult to verify and trust outputs from AI systems.February 10
Director of Digital Health and Health InformaticsGrant Thornton Public Sector -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is offering strategies for healthcare organizations and other industries to better secure their cyber supply chains.February 7
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Developing a national patient identifier, a unique identification number that could be used across healthcare systems nationwide, is a fairly simple concept, but very complex in practice, with deep implications for both privacy and well-being.February 4
Senior director for federal civilian marketsLexisNexis Risk Solutions
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In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is detailing how patient information can be shared to protect public health under the HIPAA privacy rule.February 4
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The spread of the Wuhan coronavirus and the threat to public health is being exploited by cybercriminals who are using the global crisis to launch malicious phishing campaigns.February 3
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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has voided certain HIPAA health record access requirements, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.January 30
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The outbreak of coronavirus that has spread across the world, leaving more than 130 people dead, has raised alarm about the ability of countries to handle an epidemic or pandemic.January 29
