Yes, the OS and filesystems on our EHR servers were hacked and our data encrypted for ransom, but "no medical information was looked at or compromised"

Yes, the OS and filesystems on our EHR servers were hacked and our data encrypted for ransom, but "no medical information was looked at or compromised"

By Unknown at 7:51 AM

On this blog I have an entire series of posts regarding EHR crashes that point out an absurd-on-its-face and, in fact, insulting boilerplate...

Politicians get a very bitter taste of the very same medicine they've forced onto clinicians and the public

Politicians get a very bitter taste of the very same medicine they've forced onto clinicians and the public

By Unknown at 10:34 AM

This is a case of education - I hope - by fire on electronic information security, and why "going electronic" can be a risky busin...

Bad health IT at Medstar Health: FBI probing virus behind outage (And: ka-ching! ka-ching! EHR costs continue their upward spiral)

Bad health IT at Medstar Health: FBI probing virus behind outage (And: ka-ching! ka-ching! EHR costs continue their upward spiral)

By Unknown at 11:04 AM

Once again, a definition of bad health IT: Bad Health IT ("BHIT") is defined as IT that is ill-suited to purpose, hard to use, un...

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center: Negligent hospital IT leaders allow hacker invasion that cripples EHRs, disrupts clinicians ... but patient safety and confidentiality not compromised

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center: Negligent hospital IT leaders allow hacker invasion that cripples EHRs, disrupts clinicians ... but patient safety and confidentiality not compromised

By Unknown at 11:27 AM

To the cybernetic idealists out there who think computers are the greatest thing next to sliced bread in the healthcare environment, I say, ...

Why It's Crazy to Want Your Most Confidential Information Put into An Electronic Medical Records System

Why It's Crazy to Want Your Most Confidential Information Put into An Electronic Medical Records System

By Unknown at 7:50 AM

Besides the reasons I outlined in posts retrievable by these query links ( link , link ), there's this from ZDNet.com: Microsoft warns o...