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Sensitive Data Requires Great Responsibility: The Importance of ‘Privacy and Security by Design’ in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

In the event of a breach, encrypted data remains indecipherable, safeguarding the privacy of patients and maintaining the integrity of healthcare records. Practice daily blocking and tackling to maintain strong security posture When it comes to healthcare data security, a proactive stance is vital.

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5 Strategies for Providers to Overcome ePHI Security Challenges

HIT Consultant

From electronic health records (EHRs) to medical billing information, patient data is critical for providing quality healthcare services and accounts for one-third of the world’s data. HIPAA Compliance Complexity Complying with HIPAA regulations adds a layer of complexity to healthcare data security.

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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

HIT Consultant

The emphasis is to ensure that we implement proper processes and controls within the organization and limit people’s access only to the data that they needed to perform their day-to-day business operations and implement the latest cutting-edge technologies across our nations to prevent any further data breaches.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys, Part 3: The Futures of Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Health Populi

health care organizations have experienced a data breach, one-third in the last 3 years, according to Software Advice’s 2024 Healthcare Data Security Survey released in May 2024. Richard: I think cybersecurity is close to having the equivalent of what accounting went through two decades ago with Sarbanes-Oxley.