[ad_1] From the bedside to data centers, healthcare requires teamwork to ensure the highest quality of care. This has become increasingly clear when it comes to securing valuable healthcare data. As vice president of IT at Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare, Kevin Torres also oversees the chief technology officer and CISO functions. Through key partnerships, Torres…

[ad_1] Where Are Healthcare Organizations in Their Zero-Trust Journeys? While healthcare organizations are following the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s SP 800-207 and the Zero Trust Maturity Model from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), many are still trying to implement zero-trust controls from version one of the models. Some healthcare systems are…

[ad_1] What Is IT Asset Disposition? Consider the tens of millions of medical devices and the exhaustive number of computers, tablets and servers that hospitals rely on. Eventually, these tools either break down or become irrelevant as technology advances.  This is where IT asset disposition comes in. ITAD involves removing sensitive data such as patient…

[ad_1] Proven Partnership Aids Cook Children’s Cloud Migration “We knew that we needed help. We thought it would be important for us to partner with a consulting firm that had proven experience with the journey to the cloud,” Eckert says. This was particularly the case because the Cook Children’s team was proud of the disaster…

[ad_1] Disaster security and data recovery are also more reliable in the cloud, he adds. “With companies such as Microsoft, their security systems are robust. We contract with them because we know that they’re going to do it right.” Today, with Epic in the cloud, Cone Health is seeing significant cost savings associated with its…

[ad_1] With the recent rise of telemedicine and the expansion of remote collaboration, the borders of healthcare delivery have stretched beyond hospital walls. Patients can consult specialists through virtual visits, and beside nurses can receive support from virtual nurses. Making all of these digitally connected services work are likely a dozen or more applications running…

[ad_1] I’d like to share my journey as a retired English teacher currently serving as the CIO and Chief security and privacy officer for Family Health Care in Northwest Michigan. How I got here is a fascinating story, though far too long to condense into one article. Suffice it to say that if an English…

[ad_1] 3 Health Tech Trends to Watch in 2024 mol.doak_epb0 Fri, 01/12/2024 - 12:18 Health systems are expected to continue navigating stormy financial waters in 2024, and they will likely look to restructure and streamline teams and processes to deal with resource…

[ad_1] The next step is to treat it. A common way of treating this disease is through catheter ablation, which uses radio-frequency energy to destroy irregular heart tissue that can cause arrhythmias. However, this approach has a low success rate with patients experiencing arrhythmias in the upper chambers, especially those who have had arrhythmias for…

[ad_1] Mistake No. 1: Thinking That Zero Trust Can Be Installed A zero-trust security framework is not a product that can be licensed or installed. It is a strategy that defines a holistic approach to cybersecurity that shifts the traditional network security focus from protecting a perimeter to protecting assets and users. “Zero trust is…