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ECRI Institute Lists Ransomware and Cybersecurity Threat as No 1 Hazard to Patient Safety

Is your data backup plan sufficient?

ECRI Institute, (Emergency Care Research Institute) the non-profit patient safety research organization released the "List of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards." Ransomware and cybersecurity threats were listed as the No. 1 health technology hazard for 2018.

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HIMSS 2018: Cybersecurity: Achieving Prevailing Practices

Mark Dill presenting a Global HIMSS in Las Vegas was a grand success! Contact us for Mark's research on best practices - What is everyone else doing?

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Welcome Joe Gillespie MHS, RHIA, CHPS, Senior Privacy/Security Consultant.

Joe has over 40 years' patient privacy and 20 years’ experience with HIPAA Security. He recently retired as the Associate Director Information Management, Watkins Health Services. He served as the HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance Officer and HIPAA Privacy Official for the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS (the main campus).

BY THE NUMBERS – FIRST QUARTER – 2018

From 2009 to March 31, 2018 – there have been 2,242 breaches affecting 177,235,701 patients that were reported to the HHS; each breach involving over 500 patients. Of all reported breaches 15% (332 incidents) were caused by Business Associate/Business Partners affecting 29,913,737 patients (17%).

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Risk Analysis

Do you know that one of the most significant factors for OCR audit failures is the absence of or an inadequate Risk Analysis?

Some organizations are conducting an “analysis” that is primarily “compliance based” with the HIPAA Security Rule rather than “risk-based."

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tw-Security, a nationally recognized healthcare information security and privacy firm with expert security and privacy consultants, is engaged with multiple healthcare customers, both covered entities and business associates to protect their information resources. We have hands-on experience:

Creating and maintaining HIPAA compliant security, privacy, data security, and cybersecurity programs
Conducting risk analysis profiles of hundreds of applications and information risk management
With security and privacy regulations, standards, and frameworks: HIPAA, HITECH, Meaningful Use, MACRA/MIPS, NIST Cybersecurity, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Joint Commission, ISO/IEC 27000, HITRUST Common Security Framework, SSAE 16 Type 1/Type 2 (SOC1/SOC2), General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR), and Death Master File
With Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA audit protocol, HIPAA violation, data breach prevention, cybersecurity, incident /breach response, and stop ransomware strategy
Delivering awareness, training, and education for the boardroom, leadership, and technical staff

By The Numbers

With data breaches on the rise, ensure that your organization is protected against cyber threats. Our detailed report covers breach statistics, instances of security failures, and risk mitigation strategies.

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"Thanks for all you do in spreading the HIPAA gospel, and helping us all learn in a way that is so understandable and memorable."

- HIPAA Privacy-Security Officer, Community Hospital

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- Chief Strategy Officer, Predictive Modeling Vendor

"We were especially pleased with the detailed review of our policies – no other consulting firm had ever provided that level of useful feedback"

- Information Security Officer, Integrated Delivery Network

“We are extremely satisfied with tw-Security helping get our HIPAA programs off to a solid start and the ongoing guidance to help us keep on track".

- CEO and Founder, Patient Care BA

“This Risk Management Report looks very good and is easy to read and understand".

- CEO, Specialty Hospital

“I appreciate your help with the risk analysis! Very impressed with your team’s technical knowledge and hope to continue working with you in the future.”

- IT Director, Medical Center

“Thank you for your continued work with the Health System! If you ever have concerns about vulnerabilities in our systems and/or processes, please do not hesitate to contact me.”

- Chief Compliance Officer, Academic Medical Center

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- General Council, Predictive Analytic BA

"We were/are very satisfied with your work with our pediatric practices and look forward to continuing with future groups."

- Project Manager, Children's Hospital

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- Informatics Manager, Medical Center

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- IT Director, Critical Access Hospital

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