Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 25th August, 2018

Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/08/open-source-snafu-leaves-patient-data-exposed/Open-source snafu leaves patient data exposedMillions of patient records are feared to have been jeopardised after security flaws were discovered in open-source healthcare software.Owen Hughes13 August 2018Researchers at cyber security outfit Project Insecurity discovered dozens of security bugs in the OpenEMR system, which is described as the “most popular open source electronic health records and medical practice management solution”.Many of the flaws were classified as being of high severity, leaving patient records and other sensitive information within easy reach of would-be hackers.One critical flaw meant that an unauthenticated user...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 25, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs