Healthcare Cyberattacks Increasing and Having Greater Impact on Patient Care
Cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations are rising in frequency and cost, and are increasingly disrupting the delivery of patient care, according to reporting from The HIPAA Journal.
Why this matters: When a hospital gets hit, the harm is not just a data breach. Procedures get delayed. Records go dark. Staff fall back on paper. Patients get hurt. Healthcare is one of the most data-rich sectors on earth, and that makes it a permanent target. The real accountability issue is that these organizations hold information people cannot protect themselves and often cannot opt out of sharing. Better security is not a compliance checkbox here. It is a patient safety issue.
Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance
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