Approximately 11.7 million U.S. households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 million households do not have a computer, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s just the beginning of a deep digital divide in this country. One big question in healthcare when it comes to the digital divide: How can people in

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights said Thursday it has settled with Lafourche Medical Group closing an investigation over a phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information of approximately 34,862 individuals. WHY IT MATTERS A hacker gained access to an email account that contained ePHI owned by

In September 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced more than $262 million in funding for a first-of-its-kind national network, the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network.  The goal, according to the agency, was to “support state and local decision-makers in developing and implementing new tools to detect, respond to, and mitigate

The American Hospital Association says the newly released U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ healthcare sector cybersecurity strategy paper, which outlines the agency’s “ongoing and planned steps to improve cyber resiliency and protect patient safety,” would have counterproductive consequences on hospitals after cyberattacks. WHY IT MATTERS In its strategy paper, HHS calls for new

Hills Health recruits former NSW Health digital director Andrew Pedrazzini OAM has been appointed as the new chief digital officer of hospital and aged care technology provider Hills Health.  He will also serve as the company’s executive director of Strategy, Products and Partners. Pedrazzini was involved in the digital transformation of NSW Health; he served as