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NIST Releases Guidelines for Securing Records on Mobile Devices, Special Publication 1800-1

NIST released Special Publication 1800-1, Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices.  Healthcare organizations wondering how to better secure information can look to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for advice after it recently released a new set of practice guidelines on how to better protect information in electronic health records (EHRs). The center's practice guide for Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices was recently released in an effort to prevent EHRs from being exploited, ensuring patients’ health, identity and privacy aren’t compromised.

Released August 8, 2018, Updated August 13, 2018