No doubt the past two years have been challenging for all ERP teams, this is especially true for the healthcare industry. The pandemic, in many cases, has increased the number of changes to their ERP...
I’d wager that IT departments in nearly every organization out there are looking for ways to get ahead of the latest cybersecurity threats to prevent a breach before it happens. Data is now one of the...
“It’s not brain surgery.” “It’s not like we’re saving lives here.” Other DBAs and IT managers get the luxury of such comforting phrases on stressful workdays. But when you support the healthcare indus...
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disclosed that compromised insider credentials with access to HealthCare.gov's back-end insurance system exposed 75,000 individuals...
My three earlier posts in this series paint a pretty bleak picture of the healthcare industry: Despite the wide variety of compliance regulations on the books around the world, healthcare organizatio...
In my previous post , I explained 6 key reasons why healthcare organizations are particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Today, let’s explore exactly what these attacks are designed to do, and how t...
In my previous post, I reviewed the primary compliance regulations that healthcare organizations around the world are subject to, all of which are intended to improve data protection in healthcare. Bu...
Here’s a fact that might surprise you: Your healthcare information is worth more to hackers than your credit card number. A LOT more. Forbes reports that a credit card number is worth 25 cents on the ...
Market and regulatory changes such as the Affordable Care Act are fueling a historic period of consolidation in the healthcare market. Independent health systems are struggling to survive on their own...
