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Recently, entire hospital networks have been shut down for time periods between 3 days and 3 weeks due to ransomware attacks. What can be done? Fortunately, there are established best practices which can prevent one of these attacks in the first place, or reduce the impact if a network is infected. We have some advice for you.
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Meaningful Use is still on for 2016 and 2017. Learn what Acting Administrator has said about Meaningful Use and the MACRA implementation.
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Ransomware attacks are rampant throughout the healthcare industry, affecting a high percentage of organizations.
After a healthcare provider becomes a victim of ransomware, the response is typical – these organizations recognize that attacks could occur again, with impacts even more severe, and invest both in safeguards to prevent future attacks and protections to mitigate the impact should they occur.
Research shows that a massive spam campaign with “locky ransomware” has been targeting healthcare organizations. We review malware and countermeasures.
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Eagle’s opinion is that the agreement meets the minimum requirements of a HIPAA BAA, and as such Google accepts the minimum liability in the event of a data breach which is to send you “applicable Breach notifications” via email in the event of a breach. Google will not indemnify you, reimburse you for your breach notification costs, or pay any other damages.
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