The pandemic has had a drastic effect on the delivery of healthcare in the U.S., beyond the incredible strain of providing care to Covid-19 patients. For instance, telehealth use has exploded, as doctors turn to virtual visits instead of appointments in their offices. But the security of healthcare IT and OT systems lags far behind most other sectors. In October 2020, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Cybersecurity an...

VA Initiatives for Women Veterans Women consist of almost 2 million or about 10% of the total current veteran population, and the number is expected to continue to rise. Recent legislation, both the John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Bill and Deborah Sampson Act, is working to bolster services for women veterans in areas such as counseling, women health providers, retrofitting VA facilities, and more. Please join us for a VA Federal Insi...

The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is the can’t-miss health information and technology event of the year, where professionals throughout the global health ecosystem connect for the education, innovation and collaboration they need to reimagine health and wellness for everyone, everywhere. Thousands of healthcare professionals—from senior executives to providers to payers to IT consultants to entrepreneurs—att...

The core goal of any public sector healthcare facility is to provide the best possible care for their patients. But those facilities are also charged with the safekeeping of their patient’s medical data and personal information. Exactly how that data should be protected is tightly defined through regulations like the electronic protected health information rules as well as laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...

While telehealth is a necessary and beneficial solution during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, its growing use can jeopardize the safety of sensitive patient data and privacy. Observing best practices for data collection, storage, management, and destruction is essential to collaboration, compliance, governance, and patient data privacy. Join us to explore new practices and technologies that are helping organizations use data in innovative way...

Keeping COVID-19 vaccines at temperature is one of many challenges government agencies face during one of the biggest vaccine rollouts in history. Gridless batteries are being used today to keep vaccines cold in transit, and to provide reliable backup in hospitals and distribution centers. Gridless is helping to power the vaccine rollout around the world for the Department of State. In the U.S., Gridless batteries are providing vaccine cold po...

The new Administration’s executive order on ensuring a data-driven response to COVID-19 and future high-consequence health threats has underscored government’s need to secure military, veterans, and citizens health data. The order also stressed the imperative to advance innovation in public health data and analytics in the United States. Data governance is key component of this as agencies seed to maximize the value of health data...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 10/11-10/14/2020 Aerospace Medical Association 91st Annual Scientific Meeting - Optimizing Human Performance via Selection and Training This year’s theme is “Optimizing Human Performance via Selection & Training.” Aerospace Medicine rests on a foundation of traditional clinical medicine but goes well beyond....

The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled telehealth into prominence, and telemedicine, once viewed as a convenience, is now an essential tool for treating patients. During the months of April and May of this year, telehealth increased nationally by more than 5,000% over last year. While telehealth is a necessary and beneficial solution during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, its growing use can jeopardize the safety of sensitive patient data and the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled telehealth into prominence, and telemedicine, once viewed as a convenience, is now an essential tool for treating patients. Research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts that the use of telehealth will increase by 64.3% nationwide this year. While telehealth is a necessary and beneficial solution during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, its growing use can jeopardize the safety of sensitive patient data and thei...