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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Cybersecurity Threats Continue To Rise For Healthcare Organizations, Research Shows
The vast majority of healthcare organizations have spotted a cyberattack and suffered financial consequences as a result in the past 12 months, according to new research. A separate report also found that overall cyberattacks on healthcare organizations have risen by 32% year-over-year.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Crisis: Why Today’s Defenses Are Failing Against Evolving Threats
Healthcare providers and vendors are learning the hard way that hackers are relentless and resourceful, constantly adjusting tactics and tools and using new technology, including AI, to launch more sophisticated attacks.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Technology often plays a critical role in strategies to combat rising costs while maintaining quality care. Here are four trends expected to accelerate in 2025.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Innovaccer closed a $275 million Series F funding round, bringing its fundraising total to date to $675 million. The company has plans to go public ‘at some point,’ but it isn’t in any hurry, said CEO Abhinav Shashank.
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The Staggering Cost Of Law Firm Data Breaches: Protecting Your Firm
Understanding the actual cost of a data breach will only help firms realize the critical importance of maintaining current cybersecurity measures.
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How The Pentagon Domesticated The Chatbot: 2024 In Review
This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Healthcare Providers Lose Nearly $2M Per Day Due To Cyberattack-Induced Downtime
U.S. healthcare organizations lose $1.9 million on average during each day of downtime following a ransomware attack, according to new research from Comparitech. Rebecca Moody, Comparitech’s head of data research, predicted that the rate of ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector will accelerate even more in 2025.
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Why One Startup CEO Is Excited About The White House’s New AI Czar Role
President-elect Donald Trump recently appointed former Paypal executive David Sacks as the White House’s first-ever czar for AI and cryptocurrency. Ryan Tarzy — CEO of Avandra Imaging, a federated network for de-identified imaging data — thinks this appointment could help accelerate the pace of innovation in the healthcare industry.
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The Legal Landscape Of Privacy: Why Lawyers Must Keep Up With Change
Serious reviews of your cybersecurity and annual security changes mitigate risk and exposure and will keep class action lawsuits at bay.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Why AI Governance Is The Number 1 Issue On This Health System Exec’s Mind
Jason Hill, Ochsner Health’s innovation officer, said he goes to sleep most nights and wakes up most mornings worried about one thing: the state of generative AI governance in healthcare. To him, providers and other healthcare organizations are in dire need of frameworks to ensure their AI tools are safe and perform well over time.
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Lawyers, Take Note: Microsoft Offers Current Advice On Cybersecurity
These simple steps can be quickly implemented by lawyers at no or little additional cost.
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CMMC 2.0 Final Rule Released: New Compliance Standards Set To Begin Next Year
CMMC 2.0 introduced a third-party assessment dependent on contractor’s CUI capacity.
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Common Sense Passwords Coming To Law Firms Soon
Be open to changing the way you protect your data.
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Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Technology
Introducing The 2024 Legal Tech Buyer’s Guide!
Ensure your firm is on the cutting edge with this brand new primer on doc management, AI, CRM, billing and payments, and more.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
What Will It Take To Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity?
During a panel discussion at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference, three healthcare leaders shared their expert insight on what needs to change in order to improve the industry’s cybersecurity strategy.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Providers And Payers Are Increasing Their Tech Spend — Where Are They Investing The Most?
Three-quarters of U.S. providers and payers say they have increased their IT spending over the past year, according to a new report from Bain & Company and KLAS Research. Both providers and payers are investing in cybersecurity technology, as well as AI tools.
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AI And Cybersecurity: Now Inseparable
AI will never fully replace security professionals – good cybersecurity requires creative human problem-solving.
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