Healthcare relies on a range of digitally connected services, from ubiquitous electronic health record (EHR) and telehealth systems to back-end scheduling, monitoring, analytics and workforce management tools. These applications exist in highly varying states. While some may be updated weekly, others run code written decades ago on mainframes that manufacturers may no longer support.
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We all know that multifactor authentication is a must-have to defend against cyberattacks in healthcare. But what happens when those extra layers of security start to wear people down? That’s where the concept of MFA fatigue comes in. It’s the frustration that users feel when they’re hit with repeated MFA prompts, and attackers are ready to exploit this.
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The security challenges that healthcare organizations face are getting more daunting. Cybercriminals are more organized than ever and are even using techniques employed by legitimate IT companies, such as project management and custom development best practices. Some organized cybercrime outfits have achieved a level of expertise equivalent to that of a skilled penetration testing unit.
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In published rankings of health systems, Wisconsin-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network has historically towered over its peers in areas such as physician quality, research and technology. But there is one area where the health system has struggled: convenience.
“We are known as the place to go when it’s serious,” says Steve Basilotto, chief experience officer...
In drug discovery, companies face a long timeline and steep costs to receive drug approvals. The likelihood of getting to market successfully is less than 10%, according to a 2022 study.
“Even small advancements in time-to-lead optimization and improvements in the likelihood of clinical success are important to addressing the thousands of diseases that today have no known treatment or...
Telehealth can increase access to care, which is especially valuable in pediatrics where traditional appointments may require parents to take off work and children to miss school.
At the American Telemedicine Association’s ATA2022 conference in Boston, pediatric specialists discussed ways in which telehealth has benefited pediatric care and how the modality could be improved, in panel sessions titled “Telehealth in...
Recovering from a ransomware attack will cost a healthcare organization $1.85 million, on average, and take about a week to resolve, according to Sophos’ most recent report.
Healthcare organizations are also more likely than organizations in other sectors to pay the ransom, but when they do, they may not get back all their data. And just 78 percent of healthcare...
