TELL GLMS WHAT DRIVES YOU CRAZY AND WIN CASH
HEALTH CARE CYBER ATTACKS COULD BE COMING
The 2017 Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest has been announced and GLMS wants to know what bugs you about the field of medicine. What things in the modern practice of medicine are driving you nuts? Annoyances, flummoxes, the insanities of health care finance- you name it and we want to hear about it. GLMS welcomes all aspiring physician authors to take part and talk about what has driven you crazy in your own personal health care experiences. In addition to helping you understand it better yourself, there are cash prizes up for grabs.
All entries must be original, unpublished writing intended solely for publishing in Louisville Medicine. Essays must be pertinent to the following theme:
“ WHAT DRIVES YOU CRAZY IN HEALTH CARE?”
Length: 800 to 2,000 words. Deadline: Monday, March 6, 2017.
Prize: $ 1,500 for practicing and retired physicians and $ 750 for physicians-in-training( residents & students)
Format: Do not put your name on your essay! Judges are blinded to authors. Instead, include a separate cover letter with name, entry category, essay title and contact information.
Submission: Send via email as an attachment to Aaron Burch at aaron. burch @ glms. org.
Email submissions are highly preferred, but if impossible, send entry by fax to 502-581-9022 or by mail to 328 E. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.
Good luck and happy writing!
Health care organizations will be the most targeted sector with new, sophisticated electronic attacks emerging.
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Medical identity theft will remain cybercriminals’ top target, as medical information is lucrative and easy to exploit.
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Experian, a global information group, predicts that in the new year mega breaches will move on from focusing on health care insurers to distributed hospital networks, which might have more security challenges compared to centralized organizations.
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Experian also predicts that electronic health records( EHRs) will likely be a primary target for attackers, since EHRs are widely used and are likely to touch a compromised computer.
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The top breach vector will likely be ransomware because a disruption of health care system operations could be catastrophic and most organizations would rather opt to simply pay the ransom than fight the attack. According to the recent Office of Civil Rights( OCR) guidance, depending on the facts, ransomware attacks may be classified as breaches and require notification under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, in accordance with 45 CFR 164.404.
Health care organizations need to ensure they have proper, up-todate security measures in place, including data-breach response plans in the event of a ransomware attack and adequate employee training about the importance of security.
For information on how to protect your office from cyber-attacks, contact RISE Payment Solutions at 502-741-7683. RISE Payment Solutions is a GLMS endorsed business, offering deep discounts for credit card processing.
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