HIMSS 2015 IT Security Roundup

We have rounded up IT security related blogs and articles from the HIMSS 2015 conference. We found that patient data security was among one of the top concerns discussed at HIMSS, along with the Internet of Things and the increase of breaches within healthcare organizations.

CIOs call for interoperability at HIMSS 2015

• CIOs have looked on with alarm as major health data breaches have roiled the healthcare business
• One response has been a tough education campaign, in which managers use both discipline and encouragement to try to make sure that employees safeguard the privacy of patients' protected health information

John Halamka’s Life as a CIO Blog

• Interoperability is big at HIMSS in 2015. The challenge of patient identification and finding the location of patient records are important informatics problems to solve.

Healthcare Hacks & HIMSS

• Watch video from the exhibition floor to learn about what is trending in healthcare security

Houston HealthConnect Talks Health Data Security at HIMSS

• Patient health data security continues to be an important discussion point at HIMSS15
• Data breaches are announced in the news nearly every day, and HIEs are so dependent on trust it’s essential to have strong and comprehensive security measures in place
• It’s important to ensure that data remains secure throughout the entire exchange process

IoT prescribed to revolutionize healthcare

• As many as 97% of healthcare organizations believe that the Internet of Things (IoT) will be the foremost technological enhancement they will experience this decade.
• Security, cloud services and data analytics were the areas which healthcare decision makers ranked the highest as the most important IoT solutions for their industry.

HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey: 15 Key Findings

• 90 percent of respondents are utilizing mobile devices within their organizations to engage patients in their healthcare.
• 67 percent of respondents reported that at least some portion of the information on a mobile device is uploaded into the organization’s electronic health record (EHR)