BOSTON — Chief information security officer of Health and Human Services Christopher Wlaschin said to strengthen their security posture there are three steps that hospitals should be taking today: join forces, treat your patching report like your profit-and-loss report and, at the very least, consider multifactor authentication. If you have the capability, then jump into the [...]
Symptom checker functionality has been added into the Epic’s MyChart portal by Mayo Clinic and EHR vendor Epic Systems. Patients can use the symptom checker feature to measure common conditions such as migraine, swelling, anxiety, dizziness, cold or flu. Based on algorithms, Mayo’s symptom checker is based on the data entered by users. It covers more [...]
Medical device hacking is a concern that is growing continuously, While ransomware is still the most significant healthcare security risk. Last week, The Department of Homeland Security issued a detailed warning about vulnerabilities in Medfusion's Syringe Infusion Pump. Today in Boston, the speakers described many problems inherited in defending older legacy medical devices against new security threats [...]
Epic Systems Corp has announced to release a digital tool ‘Share Everywhere’ which will allow patients to share their medical records with any health care provider provided they have an Epic EHR. The announcement is seen as a huge step toward the ever-elusive digital exchange of medical information. Share Everywhere will allow patients to grant access [...]
