Healthcare information security

The increasing usage of digital technology in the healthcare industry is tragically in direct relation with the exploitation of it. Over the past few years,...

In February of last year, history was made when about 78 million Anthem customers were hacked; till date, it’s the largest breach that healthcare has ever...

The hospital information system has become an integral part of health care. It is linked to the health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrative...

A hospital information system (HIS) is a component of health informatics focusing primarily on the administration requirements of healthcare organizations such...

Although they seem similar, there are some significant differences between the two terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (HER)....

Any technological system depends on its design for its reliability and availability. The way the different layers of IT get set up and how they are meant to...

Medical devices are broad in their capabilities, functionalities, uses, and regulation criteria. The FDA defines a medical device as “an instrument, apparatus,...

Security Risk Assessment in Care Settings are intended to protect and secure health information (electronic protected health information or ePHI) from a wide...

Following security risk assessment, security risk management is the second step of the security management process standard, which is the first administrative...

Information technology is an integral part of healthcare solutions nowadays. The Internet of Things (IoT) concept is already integrated into the design of...