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CORL Technologies has named data software leader Devon Wijesinghe to its executive leadership team. Devon is an acclaimed innovator and leader in the data industry with extensive experience transforming tech-enabled service organizations into on-demand Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms. Read More

CORL Technologies has been advised of a credible and imminent ransomware attack on the US healthcare system from an eastern European criminal group. The FBI, HHS, DHS, the CISA, and several other sources have advised that a coordinated attack on the healthcare system is planned for over 400 healthcare entities and may already be underway. The CISA reports, “CISA, FBI, and HHS have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. Read More

Article by Sarah Kwon and Kaiser Health News | Podiatrist Dr. Mark Lewis greets his first patient of the morning in his suburban Seattle exam room and points to a tiny video camera mounted on the right rim of his glasses. “This is my scribe, Jacqueline,” he says. “She can see us and hear us.” Read More

CORL Technologies has launched a new Resource Center that shares insights and leading practices from premier vendor risk programs. The new Resource Center features a wide range of content dedicated to sharing vendor risk management leading practices including blogs, educational webinars, podcasts with industry innovators, and more. Content is updated weekly and made available on-demand to accommodate the busy schedules of security and risk management practitioners. Read More

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) has announced a collaboration with CORL Technologies on an upcoming webinar titled OCR 2019-2020 Year in Review and Lessons Learned, featuring Serena Mosley-Day, Senior Advisor for HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Webinar attendees will hear from the OCR and other industry experts on key findings resulting from the aftermath of 11 organizations having settled or received enforcement actions over the course of 2019. Read More

Vendors and their clients in health industry continue to work towards transparency, collaboration and responsiveness in information security risk assessments. Microsoft and Tivity Health are the two vendors most recently named by clients of CORL Technologies to its Vendor Honor Roll for vendors serving health industry customers with transparency and collaboration. Read More

With criminal networks prioritizing the acquisition of medical records above other kinds of data - even financial - the stakes are rising for health care systems working with thousands of small vendors and complex, aging technology. Literally millions of patient records have been stolen over the past few years. Even giant insurers such as Anthem have been victimized. The estimated total payouts and accumulated financial losses cost organizations over $5 billion in 2017, up from $1 billion in 2016, according to a report by the Coker Group, a healthcare consulting firm headquartered in Alpharetta. Read More

Healthcare providers and vendors struggle with some of the same IT security challenges. When working with vendors around security issues, healthcare organizations need to go beyond the business associate agreement (BAA) required by HIPAA. They should conduct annual security assessments of their vendors and include date-specific security remediation requirements in their vendor contracts. Above all, they need to work with the vendors who are willing to improve their security so that both groups are more secure. Read More