Podcast & White Paper: The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Still Much Ground to Cover
The Coker Group has produced an informative podcast entitled The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Still Much Ground to Cover, along with an excellent white paper:
Coker’s white paper, The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Still Much Ground to Cover, addresses the problem of cybersecurity breaches, sources of threats, CIO responsibilities, working with third-party vendors, and conducting privacy and security risk assessments. The information will help your organization take proactive steps to gain ground in developing and maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture.
The White Paper is crucial reading for CIO’s in the healthcare industry:
Healthcare cybersecurity is a growing concern, as evidenced by the steady rise in hacking and IT security incidents over the last few years. Many healthcare organizations have struggled to defend their network perimeter and hold cybercriminals at bay. Now more than ever, healthcare providers have to protect multiple connected medical and non-medical devices. Additionally, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are integrated into the healthcare industry has skyrocketed. Data is the new currency, and cybercriminals will stop at nothing to gain access to this valuable commodity. These offenders are developing more sophisticated methods and techniques to attack healthcare organizations and increase their chances to cash in this data by holding it at ransom or selling it on the black market.
With revenue cycle management moving towards more electronified payments, healthcare organizations must not only ensure that patient information is secure within their PMS/HIS systems, but also that their vendors operations are meeting and even exceeding the standards of compliance when it comes to PHI.
As a vendor that handles PHI, OrboGraph is dedicated to protecting PHI and recently attended the Compliance Update – Hosted by HFMA Region 1 in Boston, MA to ensure full compliance with new regulations.
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