Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health IT, claims that a common set of standards would have improved the current state of interoperability. DeSalvo believes that in hindsight standardization would have allowed for more seamless sharing of basic health information. Nonetheless, she recognizes and applauds the successes that HITECH has achieved.
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In the fall of 2013, the Mayo Clinic hired a team of professional computer investigators from some of the biggest cybersecurity firms in the country. Billy Rios was one of the “white hat” hackers, meaning he's hired to break into company computers to identify vulnerabilities. Researchers split into teams and hospital officials at Mayo told them to do their worse with 40 different medical devices. Every day, every device was hacked and Rios knew it was worse than they had ever imagined. The Mayo Clinic went on to develop a set of security requirements for its medical device suppliers.
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Read MoreThe Better Business Bureau (BBB) has launched an interactive online tool called "Scam Tracker" to allow users to report potential fraudulent activity they have heard about, whether or not they are a victim of a scam.
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