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The Role of Multimodal Security in Protecting Critical Healthcare Data

HIT Consultant

PhilippPointner,ChiefofDigitalIdentityatJumio Healthcare organizations face an increasingly sophisticated array of threats, including AI-generated attacks like deepfakes. These attacks target critical healthcare data, putting patient safety and institutional integrity at risk.

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

HIT Consultant

Chris Bowen, founder and CISO at ClearDATA In healthcare, sensitive data comes with great responsibility. For companies entrusted with managing and protecting patients’ personal information, ensuring the privacy of that data must be the highest priority.

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AI Won’t Replace Healthcare Developers: The Human Factor Remains Crucial

HIT Consultant

Mike Rispoli, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cause of a Kind The rapid advancement of AI has fueled discussions about its potential to replace developers, particularly in industries like healthcare, where innovation and efficiency are critical.

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5 Strategies for Providers to Overcome ePHI Security Challenges

HIT Consultant

According to the report, HIPAA violations surged by 39% between 2017 and 2021 and the number of large healthcare data breaches (those affecting 500 or more records) rose by 58%. More than 5,000 incidents were reported, compromising more than 382 million healthcare records and surpassing the population of the United States by 1.2

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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

HIT Consultant

The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. Data security is one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare industry today.

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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. One small event in a patient’s healthcare journey can generate data shared by dozens of entities. At least one-half of U.S.