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WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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WEDI Offers Healthcare Cybersecurity Tips to Improve Resilience Against Cyberattacks
Knowledge Center WEDI, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, has issued a new white paper exploring some of the common cybersecurity vulnerabilities that are exploited by threat adversaries to gain access to healthcare networks and patient and health plan members’ protected health information. The white paper – The Rampant Growth of Cybercrime in Healthcare –…
Read MoreFour Best Practices for Mitigating The Risk of Cybercrime in Healthcare
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange has released a new white paper exploring common vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals in today’s healthcare environment and the best practices organizations can implement to mitigate these. The white paper, “The Rampant…
Read MorePolitico Morning eHealth 3/21
Knowledge Center WEDI SUMMARIZES CYBER THREAT JUNGLE: There are many cyber vandals and criminals wanting to strike health care organizations these days, a report from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange states. While 2015 may have seen more afflicted patients than 2016, last year was tops in terms of the number of incidents – and that led to…
Read More4 Best Practices for Mitigating The Risk of Cybercrime in Healthcare
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange has released a new white paper exploring common vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals in today’s healthcare environment and the best practices organizations can implement to mitigate these. The white paper, “The Rampant Growth of…
Read MoreWEDI pushes for cultural change to fix the healthcare industry cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Knowledge Center Citing the growing number of cybersecurity attacks directed toward the healthcare industry, a national health IT organization called for a culture change to cybersecurity defense and urged providers to look beyond basic standards. Despite widespread adoption of health information technology among providers, many are still vulnerable to preventable attacks due to insufficient cybersecurity…
Read MoreWEDI Calls for Health IT System Cybersecurity Improvements
Knowledge Center WEDI is calling for increased cybersecurity investments by healthcare organizations to protect health IT infrastructure from the growing interest of cybercriminals. WEDI, a nonprofit organization focusing on using health IT for health data exchange working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently drafted a white paper to inform healthcare insiders of the…
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