In Part VI of our series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we ask guest Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., about the implications of negotiating with ransomware attackers. We also discuss whether hospitals and the healthcare system can expect to be targeted more frequently, in the light of the […]

In Part V of our interview series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, Healthcare Matters asks Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., about what hospitals can do to protect themselves from ransomware and other types of cyber-attacks. Mr. Andre describes the idea of a ‘layered defense,’ which includes things like […]

In Part IV of our interview series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we ask Tom Andre, VP of Information Systems at CAP, Inc. about the various ways that ransomware and other malware gets into a computer system in the first place. These include phishing attacks, in which an email is sent with […]

In Part III of our Healthcare Matters interview series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we ask Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., how common a problem ransomware attacks are for hospitals. Though it is difficult to determine exact numbers, as many hospitals and other organizations will not disclose when […]

In Part II of our Healthcare Matters series, What You Need to Know: Hospital Ransomware Attacks, we continue our conversation with Tom Andre, VP of Information Services at CAP, Inc., with a discussion of the risks and harms associated with a hospital being unable to access its computer system. Mr. Andre identifies two main risks: […]

Cyber-security is of increasing concern to all types of businesses, and healthcare providers are no exception. Following recent ransomware attacks on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and other hospitals around the country, Healthcare Matters sat down with Tom Andre, Vice President for Information Services at the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP) to discuss what happened and […]

by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor The Affordable Care Act of 2010 extended health insurance coverage to roughly 20 million new Americans, driving the uninsured rate to historic lows. The influx of new patients to the healthcare delivery system has necessitated that many physicians make greater use of nurses in order to keep […]

Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, the Chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company, recently sat down with Healthcare Matters for a wide-ranging interview on the topic of defensive medicine. Dr. Anderson has been a thought-leader in the field since publishing the article Billions for Defense: The Pervasive Nature of Defensive Medicine in 1999. During the […]

A recent attack on the video-messaging service Snapchat brings to light a new danger that healthcare providers should be aware of. Snapchat, which now boasts 8 billion video views each day, was the victim of a phishing attack called the CEO Fraud. In a CEO Fraud attack, hackers impersonate a company’s CEO in an email […]