OCR recently sent out a message on their list serve asking if your CE or BA was ready for an incident. We have been discussing a lot of this kind of stuff lately so it is nice for them to bring it up. I have been looking at various Incident response reports and was working on an episode anyway.
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There has been a lot of news and industry discussions about Medical Device security. Medical Devices are just like a computer, so they also need security to protect the information on them.
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Since 2010, ID Experts has sponsored this Ponemon Institute study which has been tracking data breach trends of patient data at healthcare organizations. The annual economic impact of a data breach has risen over the past six years, as has the frequency of data breaches. Criminal attacks and internal threats are the leading cause of healthcare breaches. Evolving cyber attack threats such as ransomware and malware are of primary concern for 2016. At the same time, internal issues such as employee negligence, third-party snafus, and stolen computing devices continue to put patient data at risk.
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As always, during times of crisis and chaos things do become confused and incorrect statements are made. It is a normal occurrence in troubling situations. But, we need to address it specifically to clear up a few points.
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