Ransomware Causes Delay in Start of School Year and State of Emergency Declaration
Targeted ransomware attacks hit 4 Louisiana school districts, causing the governor to declare a State of Emergency.
Read MoreHIPAA Security Risk Analysis
The HIPAA Security Risk Analysis, also known as a security risk assessment, is a fundamental process required by the HIPAA Security Rule. Health care providers, payers, clearinghouses and Business Associates are all required to conduct a HIPAA SRA. A limited-scope SRA is also required by the Meaningful Use (Advancing Care Information) program. For Meaningful Use, the SRA is required on an annual basis.
PSA: Ransomware Outbreak Insights from CISA
The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just issued a special publication about ransomware protection and recovery. Read it here.
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Sell More to Hospitals with a HITRUST Certification
The Provider Third Party Risk Management Council, made of a consortium of leading hospitals, introduced a new approach to third-party risk management. How can you better serve them? The solution is simple – any vendor of a certain size who wishes to do business with one the member hospitals must successfully complete – and annually maintain — a certification using the HITRUST CSF. Member hospitals will accept a HITRUST certification as evidence of a robust security program. No questionnaires or further dialog is necessary.
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Breaking: Costly Ransomware Targeting Local Governments
Ransomware attacks target local governments, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom payments and tens of millions in financial impacts. Protect your agency.
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EHRs can Kill Patients
Ten years after the EHR-promoting HITECH Act was passed, many EHRs still struggle with functionality, are not user friendly, don’t “talk to each other”, and even malfunction, according to Fortune and Kaiser Health News. Most of of the time, these issues merely result in frustration among physicians and staff. The Fortune/Kaiser article makes clear that EHR problems are resulting in outcomes far worse — including patient injury, permanent disability and even death. Effective risk analyses will factor the impact of EHR errors.
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