Cybersecurity and Privacy

Patient-driven consent-management tools and granular data segmentation need to be balanced for health equity, patient privacy and interoperability, according to Cambridge Health Alliance's chief medical information officer, Hannah Galvin, MD.

Gregory Bryant, CIO of Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital in the Virgin Islands, discusses how COVID-19 caused changes to workflow, and his insights about cybersecurity.

The tech giant said the update will also apply to places like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters and addiction treatment facilities.

The company said a mode that allows users to access the app without a name, email or technical identifier will be available in the coming weeks.

Also, Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust launches new patient portal. 

Also, British digital health startup Healum launches research network. 

According to the review by cybersecurity and VPN company Surfshark, 10 of the apps collected coarse location data.

The researchers found 20 of the 23 apps reviewed shared data with third parties. Only 16 displayed a privacy policy, and three collected data before consent.

We talk with the CISO about patient safety, cybersecurity and the ways health systems can build cyber defenses amid risk from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Healthcare organizations could have suffered cyberattacks unknowingly, which is why they need to be proactive about protecting themselves and their patients, says Lee Kim, director of privacy and security at HIMSS.