Cybersecurity

Small businesses like independent practices are more vulnerable to cyber threats because they have fewer resources to prevent and respond to breaches.

The healthcare sector experienced the highest average data breach cost of any industry in 2022.

Hackers aren't only targeting large health systems anymore.

All persons with boards should be making sure that the individual board members are meeting their common law fiduciary duties, including those of loyalty and care.

Don't let the holidays get in the way of legal compliance.

The illegal business of malicious cybercriminals is profitable and growing at an alarming rate, and the healthcare segment is a top target.

Cybercriminals are waiting for your guard to be down.

In order to cultivate a culture of compliance organizations need to take a “patient safety first” approach to cybersecurity.

Cyberattacks on healthcare networks have increased exponentially in recent years, placing highly sensitive patient information at risk.

Working from home offers flexibility for staff, gateway for cyberattacks.

The risk of ransomware underscores the importance of compliance.

As the threat of cyber attacks continue to grow, these tips can keep your practice's data safe.

Now that technological advancements exist all around us, sometimes a click is all it would take to hack, corrupt, and wipe out an entire database filled with important details and records of people.

Staying wary of ransomware can keep practices safe from attack.

Healthcare has been a big target for hackers.

Keep abreast of the new cybersecurity laws.

There are plenty of benefits to remote or hybrid teams, but there are also communication and security issues that must be kept in mind.

By making strategic yet affordable investments and undertaking specific basic measures, smaller practices can make great strides to strengthen their defenses.

Recent attacks encouraged new guidelines from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

Traditional cybersecurity measures aren’t effective anymore.

Covered entities should be balancing a patient’s right to request his/her medical records or designated record set in a particular electronic format with an unacceptable level of security risk to the covered entity’s systems.

In light of a major insurance company recently being hit with ransomware, the importance of protection, detection, and correction cannot be over emphasized.

Cyberthreats are not going away and cybercriminals are becoming more crafty.

H.R. 7898, signed into law on January 5, 2021, addresses the recognition of security practices and amends the HITECH Act – kind of.

Here are five ways to stop a cyber criminal from infiltrating your EHR.

In the wake of COVID-19, healthcare organizations are scrambling to not only protect their patients' lives, but their data and privacy as well.

This is Part III in this series and the focus is on the cybersecurity donation Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) safe harbor and Stark Law exception.

Warnings from government agencies and experts, coupled with recent HHS-OCR settlements, place HIPAA and cybersecurity compliance at the top of one’s “to do” list.

A trifecta of healthcare cybersecurity issues should cause healthcare industry participants to assess their current environments.

Make sure email is a part of your cybersecurity strategy.