Healthcare

How is the Internet of Things (IoT) changing healthcare right now? I shared some of my thoughts on this, and coming up on Wednesday August 27, 2014 at Noon Eastern, 9am Pacific I will be joining a panel of experts to discuss the topic in more detail for a MedCity News Hangout session. Joining me on the panel are Clint Abernathy, professional services officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital...

In our recent two-part series for MedCity News, we examined how the Internet of Things (IoT) affects the healthcare industry.

I recently wrote a post for MedCity News about how the Internet of Things is poised to affect the healthcare industry. In “What security worries HIT managers should have about the Internet of healthcare things,” I talk about the evolution of healthcare infrastructure to support a complex array of devices and volumes of data and how this impacts data security and compliance. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the...

I was recently interviewed by HealthITSecurity.com on the topic of Healthcare cybersecurity and compliance and the idea that there are many data breaches that are avoidable. The last few years have seen a lot of criticism for healthcare data security: a number of large healthcare data breaches have prompted an increase in HIPAA audits and fines, increased public scrutiny, and changes to the regulatory landscape. Thankfully, I’m seeing that...

In our featured Analyst Report, Gartner explores how Healthcare Delivery Organization (HDO) CIOs should move accountability for information security and privacy up to the board level by leveraging the increasing public attention to privacy breaches. The seemingly continual and high profile news surrounding healthcare data breaches and increasing fines, and the recent HITECH changes for HIPAA, has created special opportunities for HDO CIOs to create meaningful dialogue on security accountability. The report looks...