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Follow along with our blog series  #HealthcareNow  and  #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll address healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate.  Change. It’s constantly redefining  the healthcare  landscape, whether triggered by technology innovations, cultural shifts, or world events.      Healthcare o rganizations understand this and plan for it, putting continuity and recovery plans in place to help them maintain normal operations  as much as possible in times of change .   However, with the recent pandemic many healthcare  organizations were faced with changes so  great and so fast,  there was no “normal” to return to.   The industry  is quickly changing, and h ealthcare organizations are pivoting their services and work environments to be more flexible and resilient.   According to this recent  PwC Pulse Survey , 90% of healthcare execu...

The proliferation of medical and internet-connected devices in healthcare brings both clinical benefits and security risks. Just think of the volume of healthcare data being transferred and stored every day — data from IoT and connected medical devices, electronic health records (EHRs), clinical workstations, and smart hospital applications for patients, clinicians, researchers, and administrators. All of this data requires secure and segmented networks to better protect medical devices, guest wireless devices, clinician devices and more from cybersecurity threats. As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re focusing on what’s at stake when it comes to securing internet-connected devices in healthcare and how you can create an end-to-end security strategy to help address patient privacy requirements, improve threat detection, reduce management complexity and ultimately lower the risks associated with medical and IoT devices. Why do my internet-connected devices need to ...

Follow along with our new blog series  #HealthcareNow  and  #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate.  As virtual healthcare is adopted at a greater velocity and scale than ever before, there’s never been a more critical time to talk about how we keep our customers’ data safe. In healthcare, the stakes are high when it comes to privacy and security. The average cost of a healthcare record data breach is $429, which is more than double the cost of any other industry record breach. In the United States, the average total cost of a data breach for healthcare providers is $6.45 million. 1 At Cisco, we take our customers’ data security seriously and develop world-class collaboration solutions that are simple, scalable and designed to meet your compliance needs. Achieving HITRUST CSF Certification We’re thrilled to announce that Webex Teams, Webex Control Hub and W...