by Chuck Rutenberg | Dec 12, 2019 | Healthcare IT, Regulation Related
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been in existence since 1996. Meant for the protection of patients’ electronic protected health information (ePHI), this act reminds healthcare providers of the need for comprehensive patient...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Jul 11, 2019 | Healthcare IT, Managed IT Services
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, is closing its doors after experiencing a ransomware attack in which hackers locked the files and demanded $6,500 for the decryption key to restore access to their files. The partners decided not to pay the...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Dec 20, 2018 | Healthcare IT
Just a few months ago, provider UnityPoint Health suffered a phishing-related data breach that compromised the protected data of up to 1.4 million patients. The breach occurred between March 14th and April 3rd of 2018, when a high-level executive’s email account was...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Oct 12, 2018 | Healthcare IT
Just a few months ago, provider UnityPoint Health suffered a phishing-related data breach that compromised the protected data of up to 1.4 million patients. The breach occurred between March 14th and April 3rd of 2018, when a high-level executive’s email account was...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Sep 4, 2018 | Cyber Threats, Healthcare IT
Software is your healthcare clinic’s biggest vulnerability. If you’re like most modern healthcare offices, you’re using multiple Electronic Health Record (EHR) platforms and software applications for your day-to-day operations: You might manage active schedules and...
