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The Perils of Phishing—Hook, Line, and Sinker

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Phishing is a type of cyberattack using email to trick someone into divulging personal information, including passwords. Health care phishing is growing because of the value of health care data coupled with the fact that everyone in a medical practice has an email and can be a target.  In a phish, the attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person, via email or … [Read more...] about The Perils of Phishing—Hook, Line, and Sinker

Case Study: Mr. TR’s Patient Portal Use Becomes Inappropriate

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Mr. TR established care with you about 18 months ago. At the first visit he set up his patient portal. Initially he used the portal to communicate information about his care in an appropriate manner. Recently, TR has been using the portal more and more often. He has occasionally included information about his partner, who is also a patient of the practice, but sees a different … [Read more...] about Case Study: Mr. TR’s Patient Portal Use Becomes Inappropriate

What Do Physicians Need to Know About Website Development?

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Just like physicians, web developers have their own specialized jargon, including terms like responsive design, search engine optimization (SEO), hypertext markup language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CSS), JavaScript,hypertext preprocessor (PHP), and backend design. Doctors don’t expect lay people to know their jargon (arthroscopic, … [Read more...] about What Do Physicians Need to Know About Website Development?

Should Medical Practices Worry About Cyberattacks?

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Healthcare organizations are prime targets of cyberattacks because of the importance and value of patient data. Even a small practice with several physicians will accumulate tens of thousands of patient records over several years of operation. These records include essentially everything about each person: name, address, phone number, email, social security number, insurance … [Read more...] about Should Medical Practices Worry About Cyberattacks?