Steps Providers Can Take To Understand, Guard Against Fraud And Breaches Revealed At HIMSS15

Health IT Outcomes was at HIMSS15 in Chicago broadcasting live from the show floor and recording podcasts with key exhibitors. Health IT Voices hosts Todd Schnick and Kelly Riggs spoke with many of healthcare's most influential leaders in order to keep you current on the latest technology and people driving health IT.

In this podcast, Suzanne Widup, Senior Consultant - Network and Information Security for Verizon explains some common areas she sees in hospital settings where information security may be at risk or a network is not as secure as it should be. Widup also examines the role HIPAA compliance plays with regard to network security, as well as some of the common steps providers can take to understand and guard against fraud and data breaches. She also speaks to the proliferation of smartphones and consumers gathering PHI and how providers need to scale their networks and security to handle what will be a huge influx of patient data, as well as how some of the unique challenges that smaller providers face compared to larger facilities when it comes to protecting patient data.

You can listen to all of our 40 Health IT Voices podcasts and check out our complete coverage of HIMSS15 here.