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Securing healthcare data

Securing healthcare datasecurity riskThe very idea of a "paperless society" is very appealing... until we start to think about possible consequences, especially with digital medical records!The fact is, most of us will never really know what kind of security precautions are being taken by our doctors' office... so we'll just...

Tags: E-health, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, software, Securing Healthcare, health care, Securing, e-mail, security

Discussion threads 2006-08-24

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Securing Sensitive Data With Tokenization: An Emerging Technology

Tokenization is an emerging technology for protecting sensitive information, based on the well-established technique of substitution. It provides significant advantages compared to traditional encryption and other technologies such as format-preserving encryption. Tokenization can reduce the scope of threats to sensitive information and ease the burden of compliance management. It can...

Tags: Sensitive Information, RSA Security Inc., Credit Card, Environment, Compliance, Encryption, Tokenization, Sales Channel, Sales

White papers 2009-09-01

Network Security & Compliance: How They Drive Quality of Care

This paper examines events that are driving the demand for increased security of Protected Health Information PHI within the healthcare industry. In it, it reviews new laws, enhanced HIPAA mandates, increased enforcement activities, and new security guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services HHS. It also describes how...

Tags: Network, Network Security, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, WatchGuard Technologies, Healthcare, Security

White papers 2009-07-01

Securing EMR (Electronic Medical Records)

Information Technology advancements in healthcare are expected to accelerate, due to cost concerns, more viable and cost-effective Electronic Medical Record EMR technology, and federal spending initiatives. With an increase in healthcare IT comes a corresponding concern over healthcare information security. EMR also referred to as electronic healthcare records or EHR...

Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health Care, NitroSecurity, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources

White papers 2009-04-13

Endpoint Security Considerations for Achieving HIPAA Compliance

The new number-one priority for America is to improve the efficiency of the nation's healthcare system-especially in the information technology arena. Experts say rising health costs are the main cause of long-term national budget problems, and that computerization of health records will drive down costs. Computerization will also bring an...

Tags: Security, Health Care, HIPAA Compliance, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2009-02-10

Securing Your Network, Improving Your Services

The healthcare industry has always required specially tailored technology solutions. Lives depend on having reliable technology. With an aging population, changing economics, and new laws potentially affecting the industry, healthcare technologies are under more pressure then ever. Recent governmental changes at both executive and legislative levels may result in new...

Tags: Network, SonicWall, Health Care, Healthcare Industry, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources

White papers 2009-02-01

Ochsner Health System Protects Private Health Information Online Using Breach Security's WebDefend

The Ochsner Health System includes seven hospitals and more than 35 health centers, employing more than 11,000 employees system-wide. Electronic medical records are available from any Ochsner location, allowing for consistent patient care. With HIPAA and other patient privacy measures ki place, healthcare organizations like Ochsner are under increasing scrutiny...

Tags: Patient, Health Care, Breach Security, Ochsner Health System, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-01-13

Lower your blood pressure when it comes to securing patient data

Protecting patient data is a huge task. Compliance regulations make the challenge even bigger. In this IBM Healthcare Security Executive Kit, you'll learn how to safeguard data more effectively, reduce regulatory compliance risks and lower operating expenses associated with security. You'll even see how to dispose of old equipment in...

Tags: Information Security, Blood Pressure, Patient, IBM Corp., Security

Resource centers 2008-01-01

Should the law deputize computer technicians into nabbing child abusers?

Should the law deputize computer technicians into nabbing child abusers?Bad...Bad...BAD!!!!!Until 18 months ago, I lived in Connecticut. There is a teacher there that has been accused of having porn on a system, which was apparently delivered by spam or malware. She was pronounced guilty and this is now...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, computer technician

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Pkware Case Study: Healthcare Organization #2

The client is a global pharmaceutical company, producing some of the most well-known consumer and animal health products. By collaborating with a complex network of partners, the company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets advanced drug therapies to hospitals, doctors, and consumers. The challenge was securing information on laptops and other...

Tags: PKWare, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, E-mail, Desktops, Human Resources, Online Communications, Hardware

Case studies 2007-02-22

Layer 2 security; the forgotten front

Layer 2 security; the forgotten frontThat's just a real foolish attitude"Whilst locking down the network is important, how many of us are directly going to fiddle with Cisco routers? Also, what is the likelihood of such attacks? A security specialist I talked to once said that he found the most...

Tags: Regulatory compliance, security, Layer 2, attack, network

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

Delivering Mobile Point of Care With Pervasive Wireless Networks

New advances in mobile infrastructure and healthcare applications now deliver powerful and flexible capabilities for hospitals to improve patient care quality and safety, reduce the cost of delivering services, enhanced clinical productivity, and streamline workflow. This white paper provides the key best practices for deploying clinical wireless networks to support...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Health Care, Wireless Network, Mobile Infrastructure, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Wireless, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2007-01-23

The Challenge of Securing Hard to Patch Servers in Health Care Environments

As the healthcare industry continues to benefit from increasing interconnectivity among disparate systems, such as patient record systems and medical devices, new risks will continue to emerge. Most significant among those risks are the proliferation of networked medical devices and the inability of administrators to quickly mitigate vulnerabilities. Patient privacy...

Tags: Blue Lane Technologies, Patient, Medical Device, Health Care, Server, Patient Privacy, PatchPoint, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2006-12-13

Securing healthcare data

A story in Sunday's NY Times discusses electronic health records and the potential costs. Most of the article focuses on the potential disruption better and more accessible patient information would have in the pharmaceutical industry. Something the article doesn't cover is the disconnect...

Tags: health care, information technology

Blog posts 2006-08-24

Best Practices for Securing E-mail in the Healthcare Industry

E-mail has become an essential business tool across industries. But unlike other businesses, healthcare organizations are challenged with the additional responsibility of maintaining the ubiquity and usefulness of e-mail in the face of HIPAA privacy and security regulations that require control, tracking, and encryption of protected health information PHI disclosures....

Tags: Protected Health Information, Health Care, Best Practice, E-mail, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Hipaa, Benefits, Regulatory Compliance, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2003-08-01