HHS Urges Health Sector to Harden Security of PHI, Devices
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• Federal regulators advise healthcare firms and third-party vendors to harden systems, software, and medical devices to better protect PHI. • This measure is crucial for both data privacy security and patient safety.
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Feds Pushing HIPAA Regulated Entities to Bolster Security Risk Management Federal regulators are advising regulated healthcare firms and their third-party vendors to harden systems, software and medical devices to better safeguard protected health information. Hardening is a necessary measure for protecting data privacy security - but also in protecting patient safety.