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WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
4 Best Practices for Mitigating The Risk of Cybercrime in Healthcare
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange has released a new white paper exploring common vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals in today’s healthcare environment and the best practices organizations can implement to mitigate these. The white paper, “The Rampant Growth of…
Read MoreWEDI pushes for cultural change to fix the healthcare industry cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Knowledge Center Citing the growing number of cybersecurity attacks directed toward the healthcare industry, a national health IT organization called for a culture change to cybersecurity defense and urged providers to look beyond basic standards. Despite widespread adoption of health information technology among providers, many are still vulnerable to preventable attacks due to insufficient cybersecurity…
Read MoreWEDI Calls for Health IT System Cybersecurity Improvements
Knowledge Center WEDI is calling for increased cybersecurity investments by healthcare organizations to protect health IT infrastructure from the growing interest of cybercriminals. WEDI, a nonprofit organization focusing on using health IT for health data exchange working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently drafted a white paper to inform healthcare insiders of the…
Read MoreWEDI Outlines Tips for Improving Healthcare Cybersecurity
Knowledge Center As healthcare data breaches increase in frequency and become more intricate in types of attacks, organizations must ensure that their healthcare cybersecurity measures appropriately match, according to the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). WEDI conducted multi-stakeholder cybersecurity roundtables in November 2015 and April 2016, discussing how healthcare stakeholders can best improve their cybersecurity…
Read MoreWEDI Releases Healthcare Cybersecurity White Paper Outlining Best Practices to Mitigate Risk
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has issued a cybersecurity white paper examining health IT vulnerabilities and how stakeholders can mitigate risk in the wake of record data breaches striking the healthcare industry. WEDI, a Reston, Va.-based nonprofit organization focused on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information…
Read MoreWEDI 2017 Conference Focuses on Driving Solutions in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) (@WEDIonline), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the speaker lineup for WEDI 2017 – Driving Solutions in a Changing Healthcare Environment.…
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