Physicians and practice managers are constantly reminded by the media about how important cybersecurity is to their medical practice. The news is constantly filled with stories of the latest ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. Despite this, many forget about cybersecurity when they leave the office. How many of these apply to you? Do you use … [Read more...] about Personal Cybersecurity Tips 2021
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Case Study: Staff Surfs the Internet During Lunch
RS and AC work in a solo practitioner’s office. RS has been with the practice for several years and AC is relatively new. They are hard workers and play important positive roles for the practice. They spend their lunch break at their workstations surfing the internet and often updating their social media accounts or watching funny videos. It did not appear that this activity … [Read more...] about Case Study: Staff Surfs the Internet During Lunch
Case Study: The Perils of Password Sharing
GT and ZR are the two main new-patient schedulers for a busy medical practice. There are many shared tasks in their jobs. It is convenient for them to check each other’s electronic health record (EHR) office messages. To enable this, they have given one another their personal passwords on the system. This seemed to work well—until a problem arose. It was found that a user of … [Read more...] about Case Study: The Perils of Password Sharing
Cybersecurity for Medical Practices
Why Does Cybersecurity Matter? So why should medical practices be worried about cyberattacks? Patient Data! Healthcare organizations are prime targets of cyber attackers because of the importance and value of patient data. Even a small practice with several physicians will have accumulated tens of thousands of patient records over several years of operation. These records … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity for Medical Practices
My Practice will Never be Hit by Ransomware
One of the biggest mistakes physicians and practice managers can make is to assume they will not be a target of cyberattacks. Unfortunately, this is absolutely untrue. Recently, a two-physician practice in West Michigan was the victim of a ransomware attack. The practice lost access to all medical records, billing, scheduling, and other critical data after ransomware … [Read more...] about My Practice will Never be Hit by Ransomware