It is no surprise that healthcare organizations have been a target of cyber attacks for a while now. Each year, these attacks are not only increasing in numbers, but they are also becoming more complicated and difficult to predict. Health systems are subject to various types of cyber attack, including ransomware, phishing schemes, and encrypted […]
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Healthcare Organizations Can Protect Themselves With Improved Cybersecurity
In order to further improve and simplify our lives and our businesses, we are going all out to incorporate as many technological innovations to improve our operations and processes. By trying to incorporate new technology without fully understanding the potential consequences of our decision, we are left vulnerable to issues such as compromised security and […]
How To Keep Your Business Safe From Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware, it sounds like quite a threatening term – because it is. In layman terms, a Ransomware is a malicious piece of software that’s programmed to infect computer systems. These ‘viruses’ often go undetected into a hard drive of a system triggered by an unintentional email link or suspicious files. Once infected, systems (whether a […]
Healthcare IT Industry: 3 Reasons why Epic software is in high demand
It’s no surprise that a considerable number of healthcare institutions in the United States have either switched or are in process of getting their systems transitioned to Epic based software. The Epic system being much more of a robust and easy-to-integrate solution, allows scalability options like no other. Epic’s software continues to rule the electronic […]
3 Cybersecurity Best Practices To Keep Your Employees and Company Safe
For healthcare IT companies, it can be quite a daunting task to implement healthcare cybersecurity training and best practices and at the same ensure that modern technologies are in place to ward off potential security threats. A security breach can happen to any company, big or small in size. The latest research on cybersecurity reveal […]
Weekly Roundup: EHRs Analytics, Role of Cybersecurity and APIs in Healthcare IT
It’s been quite a busy week in the Healthcare IT realm. We sifted through the ‘world wide web’ to bring you the top healthcare stories and topics! Electronic Health Records and AnalyticsGeneia CTO, Fred Rahmanian had a lot to say on the state of EHRs right now and its connection with analytics. Healthcare analytics is […]
Cybersecurity in Healthcare IT – Essential tips for protection
Recent developments in technology have had an outstandingly positive influence on the healthcare industry, to be specific, and the larger scientific realm as a whole. We owe a great deal to modern features like electronic health records, for instance; where data and customer information can be stored on massive databases and shared electronically with ease. […]
Round-up: Cybersecurity, EHR ROI, and HIMSS/CHIME
Healthcare IT NewsWe’ve got a relatively light roundup this week, but it’s still chock-full of important information. We hope you enjoy reading, and have a happy Friday! IoT Security Is Essential To HealthcareWhen is comes to the IoT and Cybersecurity, you can never be too safeThis article by Damon Hopley at Healthcare IT News helps […]
Round-up: CIO of the Year, Cybersecurity, and mHealth
Healthcare IT News We’ve got a relatively light roundup this week, but it’s still chock-full of important information. We hope you enjoy reading, and have a happy Friday! HIMSS and CHIME Announce CIO of the Year According to HIMSS and CHIME, Pamela Arora was the CIO of the Year in 2016. There’s a wonderful write-up […]
WJS: Cybersecurity (Information Security Analyst), Interface Analyst, Billing Analyst, and more!
Good morning (to our US-based readers)! This week we’ve got a few hot jobs to highlight. Get your applications in fast because we’re looking to fill these openings ASAP! To apply for any of these jobs, go here or email kschulte@virtelligence.com. Information Security Analyst Location: Georgia Industry: IT Consulting Job Description:Our client in Georgia is seeking […]