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Healthcare Data Compliance: Maintaining Integrity, Privacy and Security

For healthcare and healthcare data security managers – both physical and digital – it’s game on when it comes to cyber risks.

Jim Romeo

March 1, 2017

More than 5,000 vascular or thoracic patients seen between 2012 and 2015 at Sentara hospitals in Virginia. That’s what Norfolk, Virginia-based Sentara Healthcare discovered in November of 2016 within one of its third-party vendors.

Newly Identified Antibodies Target Zika

Kylie Bull

February 1, 2017

Chinese researchers have identified two Zika antibodies from an infected patient that could provide mice with complete protection against the mosquito-borne virus.

Ebola Vaccine Proven to be Protective

Kylie Bull

February 1, 2017

An experimental Ebola vaccine initially developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada has proven to be “highly protective” against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea, according to results published on December 23 in The Lancet.

How to Secure a Healthcare Facility that Works with Mentally Ill Patients

December 15, 2016

Increasingly, security in hospitals and healthcare facilities are dealing with patients who are mentally ill and/or suicidal. In a webinar, Jim Sawyer, Director of Security for Seattle Children’s Hospital, explained how to identify, support, plan and train for what some experts refer to as an exponential increase in patients who need and require special mental health support.

Healthcare Workers Need More Protection from Workplace Violence

December 15, 2016

Hospital employees victimized by violence on the job are forced to take time away from work at a rate that's five times higher than workers in other occupations, according to a report.

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin

OSHA Contemplates Workplace Violence Standard for Healthcare, Social Assistance Workers

December 15, 2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a Request for Information (RFI) as to whether a standard should be developed to address workplace violence in the healthcare and social assistance sectors.

Healthcare Providers Slow to Adopt Patient Payment Tech

December 15, 2016

A Healthcare Operations and Technology Survey found slow adoption of web- and automated phone-based payment technologies in healthcare organizations.

Healthcare Security Professionals Have Reduced Confidence in Assessing IT Risks

December 15, 2016

Healthcare security professionals are finding their ability to assess IT security risks is lower now than ever before. This is one of the reasons the healthcare industry received an overall “D” grade on its 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card, conducted by network security firm Tenable.

Hospitals Increasingly Targeted by Ransomware

December 15, 2016

The healthcare industry has become an increasingly popular target in 2016 due to medical devices with weak security and the use of legacy systems.

California's New Healthcare Workplace Violence Rule

December 15, 2016

A new rule in California will require hospitals and other health facilities to protect employees from abuse with violence prevention protocols--and the regulation is a model that could spread to other states.