Cybersecurity: The 21st Century Digital Seatbelt

Tammy Taylor is the President of Advantum Health. Advantum Health's team helps thousands of healthcare providers manage their revenue cycles to speed reimbursements and patient payments. Tammy is a veteran leader in revenue cycle management and has held senior positions in corporate compliance, hospital and physician revenue cycle, and large-group practice management. Previously, Tammy was the Director and CBO of Revenue Cycle at the Methodist Hospital of Henderson, Kentucky, a Senior Manager of Corporate Compliance and IT Senior Analyst for Inova Health System, and a Hospital Corpsman and Certified OR Tech for the US Navy. In this episode… If you fly frequently, you probably have the pre-takeoff safety check memorized. They always say that in case of an emergency, put the oxygen mask on your child before yourself, right?  Wrong. Safety attendants always instruct flyers to put a mask on themselves before helping others — after all, it's impractical to secure others if your own safety is at risk. The same goes for data privacy and security. As an organization, you're dedicated to helping as many people as possible. But how can you do that if your data practices aren't secure? You would never think of getting on a rollercoaster without putting on a seatbelt, so why would you think of collecting data without putting effective cybersecurity practices in place first? In this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security, Jodi and Justin Daniels sit down with Tammy Taylor, the President of Advantum Health, to discuss the future of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. Tammy talks about her tips for preventing security breaches, how HIPAA is falling behind with advancing technology, and why she highly recommends multi-factor authentication.