Healthcare is complicated. So it’s not surprising that healthcare cybersecurity is just as complex. But what shouldn’t be complicated is the guidance health systems are given to deal with threats. In the past, a number of well-meaning entitles – from government to private to hybrids of the two – have put out roadmaps, frameworks and […]
Live @ Vive Partner Perspective Q&A with Ryan Witt, VP, Industry Solutions, Healthcare, Proofpoint: Healthcare is Blessed to Have 405(d)
Healthcare is abuzz with talk of artificial intelligence. And when it comes to cybersecurity, that buzz both has to do with how the bad guys are going to use it, and how the good guys can apply it to defense. But Ryan Witt, VP, Industry Solutions, Healthcare, Proofpoint, warns that today, the time of small- […]
Unleash the Power of Provider Data: Gain Operational Efficiencies and Improve Care Access with a Single Source of Truth
It’s the foundation of any care access experience offered by a health system or hospital. Provider data powers a myriad of experiences that impact patients, providers, and staff members enterprise-wide. Unfortunately, the many back-end systems that house this data are often out of date and inconsistent, leading to a disjointed experience as people seek to access this information across an organization. Leading IT executives have found that investing in a provider data management strategy can help solve many of the data-oriented challenges they face today, enabling them to create a better experience for patients looking to schedule care and free-up time for employees tasked with keeping this often-changing information up to date. In this webinar we’ll hear from leaders who are focused on improving this critical area of patient engagement and, with it, how they’re driving innovation and operational efficiency.
Partner Perspective: Understanding Cyber-Attack Trends is Critical For Placing Security Bets
If burglars were consistently entering houses in your neighborhood though the back door, it wouldn’t make much sense to spend the majority of your home defense budget fortifying the windows. According to Ryan Witt, VP of Industry Solutions, Healthcare, for Proofpoint, figuring out where to spend your cybersecurity budget should work much the same way. And speaking of healthcare, he notes that the more things change, the more they stay the same, with phishing consistently being a top attack vector for the past decade. Why? According to Witt, because it works. But there are ways to give you a better chance of fending off the bad guys. In this interview with healthsystemCIO Founder & Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra, Witt talks about some strategies for defense, what to do (and not do) post credential compromise, and why convincing users that IT security is on their side is so important.
Managing Insider Threats in an Era of Remote Workers & Increased Turnover
IT executives have always had a challenging time ensuring their users were operating securely; but since the Covid pandemic larger workforce trends have seen those challenges multiply. Those trends include fully remote work, a gig economy that sometimes involves the use of short-timers like traveling nurses, and an overall trend of higher turnover and staff fluidity. In such an environment, it’s no wonder that insider threats are top of mind for security professionals. So how can CIOs and CISOs make sure a fox hasn’t made it into the hen house, or even that unintentional but inappropriate access is identified and addressed? In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from leaders who are leveraging technology, governance and relationships to ensure that a fluid workforce doesn’t equate to a high risk one.
No Margin, No Mission – Optimizing CIO-CFO Relations
Having risen through the IT ranks (often coming out of infrastructure or networking), CIOs know technology inside and out, but when they do hit the C-suite, there is another skill and relationship that is almost as important in determining success — and that’s the understanding of finance and their relationship with the CFO. So what financial chops do CIOs need; and what are the keys to making this relationship work for the benefit of all. In this important webinar, we’ll hear from IT leaders who have made their understanding of the numbers a top priority.
Keys to Deciphering the Resource Demands of Cyber Tools
While there’s no lack of tools to address the countless cyber challenges organizations face, there is definitely a lack of internal cyber staff at health systems available to support them. This makes it tricky for CISOs and other IT security professionals to determine whether they have what it takes to get their money’s worth out of — not to mention address the issues identified by — what might at first glance be a very attractive piece of software. And recent claims by vendors that their tools are easy to use because they leverage AI make this doubly difficult to discern. In this timely webinar, we’ll speak to leaders who are working to better understand the skillset-specific bandwidth on their teams; the internal support that will be required by any particular tool; and thus whether the potential investment in front of them would result in less or, ironically, more risk.
Enhancing Systemness Through an Enterprise Imaging Approach
It’s one of the most infuriating things patients can experience during their care journeys — they’ve had an image taken (perhaps even at another unit in the hospital) and the clinician they are now in front of either didn’t receive it or can’t access it. And it’s not only frustrating for the patient, but for the clinicians on both ends of that image handoff who are unable to deliver the care they want, or at the very least are having their workflow stymied. The reasons for such lack of interoperability are legion — ranging from too many disparate PACS, to too many differing workflows, to suboptimal governance. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from leaders about where they’re focusing their enterprise imaging efforts and the best practices learned along the way.
Partner Perspective: Most Health Systems Should Initiate ‘Conscious Decoupling’ from Ambulatory/Retail Care
One the main keys to success in any business is focusing on certain products and services to the exclusion of others – to draw a circle in the sand and say, ‘We play in these areas, and in them we will be the best.’ If an organization can’t be great at something that others are doing better, it may be time to reallocate those resources. For Damon Auer, the time for health systems with hospitals at their core to decouple from the ambulatory/retail space is now. It’s a bold prediction, driven by the observable fact that new entrants into that space are providing an Amazon-like experience which established, acute-centric organizations can only dream about. In this Partner Perspective interview with healthsystemCIO Founder and Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra; Auer, Chief Executive & Managing Director, North America, Dedalus Group, discusses these issues and many more.
Understanding Your Cyber Insurance Needs & Keys to Obtaining Coverage
Your organization needs cyber insurance. Why? Over 80% of organizations experienced at least one successful phishing attack in 2021, and 54% experienced a cyberattack in the last 12 months. Considering the average cost of a data breach was $4.35 million in 2022 – and even higher in the healthcare industry at $10.1 million – cyber insurance is a business concern that urgently needs your attention. But getting and keeping cyber insurance coverage is increasingly challenging in today’s market – as is getting your claims approved. And even when your claim is approved, you may have insufficient coverage to compensate you. Only 19% percent of organizations have cyber insurance coverage over $600,000, while the average ransomware payment in 2021 was over $810,000. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from leaders about how they are tackling the cyber insurance challenge.