Becker's Healthcare October 19, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

Millions of patient records are left vulnerable on third-party health apps integrated into EHRs, The Verge reported Oct. 18.

For a study, researcher Alissa Knight checked for vulnerabilities in apps built using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard.

Four things to know:

  1. The study found that EHRs were well-protected, but when patients gave permission for their data to be entered into a third-party app, it was easy for hackers to access.
  2. Ms. Knight said she was able to access more than 4 million patient and clinician records from...

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Topics: Apps, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Health IT, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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