Cerner Names Nasim Afsar, MD MBA as Company’s First Chief Health Officer

November 16, 2021 Cerner today announced Nasim Afsar, MD, MBA, MHM, as the company’s first Chief Health Officer, effective January 2022. In this new role, Dr. Afsar will lead Cerner’s more than 1,000 healthcare professionals who provide insight and guidance to product development and improving the lives of patients and caregivers.


Censinet Announces Exclusive Cybersecurity Risk Management Program for CHIME and AEHIS Member Organizations

CHIME21 Fall Forum, San Diego, CA – October 27, 2021 – Censinet, the leading provider of healthcare IT risk solutions and a CHIME Foundation Partner, today announced Censinet 30-in-30, an exclusive cybersecurity risk management offering for member organizations of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) and AEHIS (Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security).


New Ponemon Institute Research Shows Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Delivery Organizations Can Lead to Increased Mortality Rate

Boston, MA – September 22, 2021 – Ponemon Institute, the pre-eminent research center dedicated to privacy, data protection, and information security policy, surveyed 597 IT and IT security professionals to understand how COVID-19 has impacted how healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) protect patient care and patient information from increasing virulent cyberattacks, especially ransomware.


Censinet Adds Renowned Healthcare CIO Eric Yablonka to Advisory Board

Boston, MA – August 31, 2021 – Censinet, the leading provider of healthcare IT risk solutions, today announced that Eric Yablonka, the former Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean at Stanford Health Care and School of Medicine, has joined the Company’s Advisory Board.


Censinet Delivers First Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Workflows for Research & Institutional Review Boards

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – June 29, 2021 – Censinet, the leading provider of healthcare IT risk solutions, today announced a significant expansion of its Censinet RiskOps platform with the formalized introduction of intelligence and workflows that address the cybersecurity requirements of healthcare research, including research overseen by an Institutional Review Board (IRB).


Fostering pediatric digital health innovation with the Bear Institute PACK event

June 11, 2021 - The Bear Institute, a strategic relationship between Children’s National Hospital and Cerner Corporation, is announcing the first annual Bear Institute PACK (Pediatric Accelerator Challenge for Kids), a start-up competition to address the gap in digital health innovation funding dedicated to children.  


SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – May 18, 2021 – KLAS, a healthcare research and insights firm, and Censinet, the leading provider of healthcare IT risk solutions, today announced a significant advancement in its joint mission to improve cybersecurity preparedness in healthcare.