by Holly Meyer | Mar 30, 2022 | HIPAA
It’s been more than 25 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted. Since the compliance date of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule in April 2003, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has...
by Holly Meyer | Jan 5, 2022 | Patient Outreach, Security, Uncategorized
The healthcare industry wasn’t always considered a primary target for cybercrime. However, the rapid emergence and adoption of technology by providers along with the vast amounts of protected health information (PHI) they’re required to handle have resulted in it...
by Providertech | Aug 11, 2021 | Patient Communication, Secure Messaging, Security, Uncategorized
Healthcare is one of the most targeted industries for cybercrime. That’s nothing new. However, the rate at which it’s being attacked is rapidly increasing. Ransomware attacks cost the industry $20.8 billion in downtime in 2020, double the amount from 2019. One report...
