Korchek Blog

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Legacy medical devices, growing hacker threats create perfect storm of cybersecurity risks

Aging medtech still operating in the field and increasingly sophisticated cybercriminal tactics are leaving healthcare organizations highly vulnerable to attacks.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Happy Belated Flag Day!

Today Korchek celebrates a belated Flag Day!
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

16 numbers that show where Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts stand in EHR market share, performance

Epic, Cerner, Allscripts and Meditech are four of the largest EHR vendors in the industry, making up a combined 77 percent of the overall market share.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Where Should Hospitals Direct Their Cybersecurity Focus?

Healthcare organizations across the U.S. face an increasingly challenging threat landscape. In fact, many have already dealt with data breaches and ransomware attacks.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

UPS loses package storing PHI of 4,500 California lab patients

COVID-19 testing center Exceltox Laboratories shipped the protected health information of 4,571 patients through UPS, but it never reached its final destination, according to a May 7 data breach notification letter.
Monday, May 24, 2021

Quick blood-typing device can help bleeding patients en route to the ER

A new portable device can detect human blood types within minutes, a potential lifesaver for trauma patients awaiting blood transfusions, for whom every second is critical.
Monday, May 24, 2021

FBI warns of Conti ransomware attacks targeting U.S. healthcare networks

The agency said it had identified at least 16 incidents over the last year aimed at healthcare and first responder systems.
Monday, May 10, 2021

VA, Defense Department's modernization efforts with Cerner: A timeline

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have been working to launch Cerner's EHR system for both active duty and veteran members.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

EHR vendor to settle illegal kickback scheme for nearly $4M

CareCloud, a Miami-based EHR and practice management software provider, has agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to drum up sales of its EHR products, the U.S. Department of Justice said April 30.
Monday, May 3, 2021

More than 2 million affected by data breaches in April

In April, 41 organizations reported to HHS that 2,121,186 individuals were affected by data breaches.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

7 big ideas in healthcare innovation

From their thoughts on delivering hospital-quality care to patients' homes to tech companies' disruption of healthcare to why tech professionals want to work in healthcare, here are seven key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcar…
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Cerner will provide life insurers access to 54M+ patient records via MIB

The deal, the EHR giant's second recent similar collaboration, aims to improve applicant experience and reduce the amount of time to issue a policy.
Monday, April 19, 2021

Haemonetics Slumps as CSL Plasma Declines to Renew a Supply Pact

About 12% of Haemonetics 2020 revenue came from a contract with CSL Plasma. CSL declined to renew the accord.
Friday, April 16, 2021

VA will halt EHR rollout at second site until after strategic review

Officials told members of Congress this week that the agency will not start go-live activities in Columbus before sharing results of a review.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Billionaire Who Controls Your Medical Records

Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner built an empire pioneering—and later dominating—electronic medical records. For decades, she's kept them walled off from competitors, but now the pandemic is fueling a digital health care race that might f…
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

5 Ways to Update Your Healthcare Incident Response Plan

Cybersecurity response plans often become outdated, which can hamper the effectiveness of your team’s response.
Friday, March 12, 2021

Ransomware attacks on US healthcare organizations cost $20.8bn in 2020

In 2020, 92 individual ransomware attacks affected over 600 separate clinics, hospitals, and organizations and more than 18 million patient records. We estimate the cost of these attacks to be almost $21 billion.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Extension of the Public Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a 45-day extension of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portabi…
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

5 top states for healthcare, ranked by US News & World Report

Hawaii is the top state for healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual best states rankings published March 9.
Monday, March 8, 2021

150 top places to work in healthcare

Hospitals and health systems