Social Media and Healthcare: Bane and Gain

X-ray films awaiting disposal are stolen for their silver content, forcing costly breach notifications. The author recommends securing storage rooms or digitizing and safely destroying films.

Mayo Clinic launched a Center for Social Media to train practitioners on responsible use, addressing PHI risks as EMR sharing expands. The author favors its guidance over blanket blocking.

One of the most promising technologies for automatically enforcing compliance with sensitive data handling practices is Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology and it is quickly gaining popularity and adoption across many industries.

Drawing on Theodore Kobus's A-to-Z of healthcare data breaches, the author highlights two: quit retaining unneeded data, and accept that breaches will happen, then train and rehearse response.

FCC breach-rule reform highlights why telecoms must retire outdated protocols: CPNI exposure, the T-Mobile breach, and LightBasin attacks argue for end-to-end encryption and secure configurations.

A talk with Mattapan Community Health Center's CMO on how COVID-19 pushed 90% of care onto telemedicine, clinician adoption hurdles, and new security questions raised by home medical devices.