In this paper, we will first outline the risks introduced by networked medical devices, and then present results from a 2010 survey by the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) to gain the perspective of industry insiders. Finally, we will review some of the organizations, standards, and solutions available to help hospitals, diagnostic centers, and clinics assess and address issues introduced by networked medical devices.

Download this whitepaper today, find it under the "resources" area:

http://www.symantec.com/business/solutions/industries/overview.jsp?ind=healthcare

For those that missed the webinar titled "First-of-its-Kind Security Risk Assessment Tool Helps Physicians Qualify for EHR" featuring a product demonstration please click here to watch:

http://www.symantec.com/offer?a_id=119807

In addition to the Grand Ol’ Opry, Nashville recently hosted the Allscripts Client Experience 2011 (better known by attendees as ACE.11).  You may know that Allscripts and Symantec earlier this summer released a Privacy and Security Risk Assessment (PRSA) to help Eligible Providers (Professionals, Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals) complete and document the mandatory Risk Assessment in order to achieve Meaningful Use.  This is a web-based tool that allows providers at all levels of expertise and maturity to collect and document their baseline security posture - - and then track and manage improvement, changes and updates to their overall security posture as well as the vulnerabilities discovered from the initial assessment.

From the provider’s perspective, the conference was certainly about getting the assessment done, documented and attesting to Meaningful Use so the money can start coming in.  From the IT people I spoke to at the conference...

Author: Eric Lahoda, CISSP, Principal Systems Engineer at Symantec

Where is your ePHI?

Currently, PHI (Patient Health Information) is leaving your Health Care organization. Most of the time this information is shared with

authorized providers and patients, but often unauthorized individuals attain access to this PHI or ePHI (Electronic Patient Health

Information). How do you know when these events happen and how can you automatically control or stop this Data Loss of ePHI? At the same

time you need to ensure that Health Care providers can have access to critical ePHI data when it is needed.

Why does ePHI Data Loss matter? Download this whitepaper today to find out!