Digital Strategy
Fundamentally, the quality, and availability of healthcare services are dependent upon technology. The effective use, security, and resiliency of a health information technology system is, therefore a mission-critical function.
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Deconstructing the Security Risk Assessment
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What is the most important piece of advice I would give an organization regarding cybersecurity risk management? My first response was simple (perhaps too simple): Just do it.
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5 Tips to Protect Your Privacy Online
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For this week’s segment of Our Ideas, Principal Tina Simpson brings us five ways to protect your data and privacy on your adventures scouring the internet. To recap the importance of this past Saturday’s holiday, Data Privacy Day, we hope these tips highlight and bring awareness about respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and how to enable trust among you and your peers.
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Reflections on Digital Security Awareness: Why Availability is Not the Same Thing as Accessibility
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While October has now passed, recognizing the threat of cyber-attacks is closer to the front of mind for business leaders across industries. There is also no shortage of activity among cybersecurity professionals, advocates, and the federal government to inform the broader community of best practices.
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Proper Cybersecurity Practices Amid Big Data & Privacy Breaches
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Between Peiter Zatko’s testimony before Congress regarding Twitter’s privacy and security operations earlier this month and Uber’s data breach last week, the last few weeks have been eventful when it comes to #InfoSec headlines.
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A Case Study in Security by Design & the Cost of Failure
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Two weeks ago, the Washington Post broke a story on the former Twitter Executive and head of security, Peiter Zatko, blowing the whistle on Twitter’s privacy and security practices.
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Understanding Cybersecurity and Sutton’s Law: Where the Money Is
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There is no shortage of reasons why it is imperative for healthcare providers to improve their cybersecurity insurance. But, recently, doing so has become harder and more costly. Principal Tina Simpson breaks down the causes of these challenges and discusses why coverage is still important. (And if you don’t think the coverage is important, just ask Willie Sutton.)
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Thinking about Technology in Health Care – The Gap Between Use-Case and Usability
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Lack of EHR usability is related to patient safety and quality concerns as well as provider burnout. Tina Simpson discusses the importance of integrating user centered design principles as it relates to the development, implementation and regulation of EHR platforms.
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Recognizing Data Privacy Week & Transparency
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Data Privacy Week is upon us and requires us to take a crucial look at the data privacy infrastructure (or lack thereof) within the United States. Atrómitos Principal Tina Simpson lays out where we are, where we could be, and the responsibility each of us has to better protect all of our data.
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OCR Signals Return to Regular Programming with Recent Settlements
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2020 has taught us all something about the limitations of the human imagination when it comes to mid-season plot twists. There are some things, however, that we can rely on and for which we need to continue to prepare. Continued compliance with evolving HIPAA regulations is one such thing.