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HITRUST Certification – Is your client requesting it?

by Grant Elliott
on June 28, 2016

There’s a streamlined way to get there. A growing number of digital health companies are being asked to adopt the HITRUST standard. You too may soon get asked. HITRUST is now the compliance standard ...

June 14, 2016

Ransomware is changing Healthcare!

Ransomware attacks are changing how companies put a price on cybersecurity, and making it a Board Room issue. Think back to the data breaches at Anthem, Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield or Premera Blue Cross. Individual patient records were exposed, potentially costing each entity millions of ...

May 12, 2016

Ransomware Cyberattacks: 7 Steps to Protect Yourself!

In the last few months we have seen a spike in cybercrime with a series of ransomware attacks in the healthcare industry. Hospitals, from California to Washington DC, have been attacked. Unlike attacks in the past where stealing sensitive data was the goal, these attacks are designed to prevent the ...

April 18, 2016

The Brave (not so new) World of Compliance & Cybersecurity

GUEST BLOG: Our guest blog post this week is written by Chris Apgar, CEO of Apgar and Associates, LLC. Chris is a recognized expert in Information Security and Compliance. We are delighted to have him contribute to the Ostendio Blog.

By Ostendio

April 05, 2016

Whipped Into Shape: 5 Compliance Questions To Ask Your Digital Health Partners

We are excited to have a guest blog post from Irina Ridley, Privacy and Compliance Officer for Omada Health. Irina offers practical guidance for healthcare providers when considering digital health partners. See Irina's original LinkedIn post.

By Ostendio

March 31, 2016

Cybercrime in Healthcare - Part 3

This week we saw yet another cybercrime attack on a large hospital system. This is the latest in a series of apparent ransomware attacks starting in California, then Kentucky and now Washington DC. In these attacks, hackers can essentially halt a large patient care system for several days. This has ...

March 24, 2016

Apple CareKit: What it means for Patient Privacy

March 02, 2016

Cybercrime in Health Care -Part 2

Hospitals: The New Frontier for Medical Device Cybercrime

February 29, 2016

Cybercrime - How safe is your health data?

By now you may have heard about the recent ransom attack at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Hackers held the hospital’s electronics medical records (EMR) system hostage, demanding a ransom for their release, which the hospital paid. Your first thought was probably, “I wonder how they [the ...

February 10, 2016