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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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The Log4J Vulnerability: Explained
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It has been a frenetic week in cybersecurity following identification of the Log4J defect and its global exploitation, Atrómitos Principal, Tina Simpson, takes some time to break down what happened, why it matters, and what you need to know going forward.
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HealthTech 2021: Back to Business
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While attending the GIANT digital technology conference in London, Atrómitos Principal Tina Simpson enjoyed the familiarity of convening once again with colleagues in-person; a “here we are again” feeling. But then the realities of how technology is integrated within and across healthcare organizations became apparent and she realized, “Well, here we are again.”
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Understanding the Assignment: Why “Cause Work Is Hard” Isn’t An Excuse
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Implementation of ONC and CMS CURES Act Final Rules raises questions and operational headaches, including the potential for increased administrative burden on providers as change is implemented. But that doesn’t mean that these aren’t important and needed changes. This week Atrómitos Principal Tina Simpson evaluates a recent JAMA study evaluating patients’ immediate access to test results on portals and its association with increased messaging with providers.
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Mapping Our Path to Digital Equity: Lessons from The Phantom Tollbooth
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The COVID-19 public health emergency brought the journey to close the Digital Divide to the forefront for many (though some of us have been on this adventure for a while). Looking at both North Carolina and the federal government as examples, we map out what steps need to be taken to succeed in this “impossible” task and achieve Digital Equity. (Note: We don’t think this is impossible.)
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CyberSecurity Awareness Month: A Call to Focus on its Impact on Patient Care
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This week, Tina Simpson is joined by freshman, an information security professional with 25 years’ leadership in cybersecurity, with a particular focus on medtech. In this article, Tina and freshman evaluate a critical cybersecurity capacity and infrastructure gap across health providers in the United States and call for stakeholders to re-evaluate their assessment of the costs of continuing to defer action.
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Introducing: Insights into Interoperability
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Getting to “Plays Well with Others” on the Health Records Report Card. Healthcare is a data-driven industry. Delivering the right care to the right patient at the right time and venue depends on having complete, accurate, and timely access to that patient’s health records.
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Reflections on the Campaign for Data Interoperability
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A little over a week ago, the ONC announced the early retirement of its ten-year Interoperability Roadmap. Here’s our thoughts.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Leverage Technology to Make your Work Life Easier
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Here at Atrómitos, we decided 2021 was the year to Work Smarter Not Harder. Here’s how we’re using technology to do just that (and you can too!)
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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.