Articles by: Gary Pritts
Gary consults in the areas of physician practice management, medical information systems, HIPAA compliance, health and productivity management and general business management. Gary serves on the board of Lakewood Hospital, one of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, and is a founder and past president of eHealth Ohio, and is active with numerous professional organizations. He served as product development manager for the EDI clearinghouse division of Quadax, a regional clearinghouse, and understands provider organizations from his 6 years as President and owner of Premier Rehab, a Medicare Certified Rehab agency with two Cleveland locations. His computer background includes 15 years in various computer and computer service organizations. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
by Gary Pritts | Mar 8, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Don’t become the next Catch of the Day! Nearly a quarter of physicians and direct healthcare providers are unable to identify a phishing email, a number 3 times higher than non-provider office workers. That’s according to a recent report on healthcare insights...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 7, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
In Part I of this article, we explored recent reports showing that the healthcare industry is struggling with cybersecurity in comparison to other major US industries. As we noted, the first issue is how valuable and attractive electronic health records are for...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 5, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
“Healthcare records contain some of the most detailed personal information available, and healthcare organizations are not doing enough to protect this information.” These blunt words sum up a recent report on the “cyberhealth of the healthcare industry” published by...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 22, 2018 | Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Previous Articles In This Series: Meltdown & Spectre Part I: What Are They? Meltdown & Spectre Part II: Impacts to Healthcare Organizations When we discuss checking and updating your computer against the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, we are really...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 20, 2018 | Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Previous Articles In This Series: Meltdown & Spectre Part I: What Are They? Meltdown & Spectre Part II: Impacts to Healthcare Organizations Meltdown & Spectre Part III: Checking and Updating Your Computer In the last post in this series, we started the...
