Healthcare organizations are facing the growing and ever more complex challenge of defending against cyberthreats and malicious actors as they continue their digital transformations. To better prepare for attacks and the likelihood of a compromise, healthcare IT security leaders must understand the anatomy of a breach, from the initial attack vector to detection and a rapid, coordinated response. HealthTech spoke with...

Clinicians typically use several apps throughout their day, and that is likely to continue as the number of healthcare-focused apps increases. The time it takes to type in passwords for those apps can add up, even if an organization uses a single sign-on solution, making entering passwords a tedious step in a clinician’s day that takes away from time...

Cyberattacks not only put patient data at risk but also can impact care delivery. Implementing a next-generation security information and event management system gives healthcare organizations holistic visibility into their IT environments, which could play an important role in maintaining continuity of care in a complex cybersecurity landscape. Healthcare IT and security leaders can use next-gen SIEM to combine data...

Natural language processing and ambient listening aren’t necessarily new to healthcare, but the technology is quickly evolving to move beyond dictation. Leading products now leverage artificial intelligence to make use of the data generated from the transcript of a clinical visit to generate insights, automate processes that otherwise require manual data entry and make the practice of medicine less...

At one point, Cleveland-based University Hospitals was running as many as 36 different systems to support critical functions, including billing, prescriptions and scheduling. Finally, in the fall of 2023, the health system consolidated on Epic, bringing the bulk of its operations under the umbrella of the electronic health records system. It wasn’t a fast, easy or inexpensive process, but it was...