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Top Cybersecurity Issues Facing Healthcare Organizations

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to HIPAA journal , during the first half of 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). These cybersecurity issues in healthcare can compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive patient information.

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FDA wants to create a ‘go-team’ for medical device cybersecurity

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The FDA is requesting Congressional funding and authority to create a medical device cybersecurity response team, a public-private partnership that can respond to incidents and investigate attacks. The team would be part of a $70 million request to advance digital health technology.

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Introducing Healthcare Cybersecurity Solutions: The Safest Way To Protect Your Patients

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As the digitization of healthcare records continues to increase, patient data is becoming more vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. It is essential for healthcare organizations to implement effective cybersecurity solutions to protect their patients and their own interests. What is Healthcare Cybersecurity?

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The Importance of Healthcare Cybersecurity: Best Practices for Protecting Patient Data and Ensuring HIPAA Compliance

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In this article, we will discuss the importance of healthcare and cybersecurity , the risks of healthcare cybersecurity breaches, and best practices for protecting patient data and ensuring HIPAA compliance. Why Healthcare Cybersecurity is Important. The Risk of Healthcare and Cybersecurity Breaches.

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Top health tech hazards for 2022: cyberattacks, supply chain shortfalls and more

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The nonprofit safety group ECRI Institute published the latest version of its annual health technology hazards report this week, pointing to cybersecurity attacks, supply chain shortfalls and damaged infusion pumps as three of the biggest dangers. The report authors note that many of the culprits are new to the list.

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

Three-fourths of healthcare providers experienced a data breach in 2017, according to the HIMSS 2018 Cybersecurity Survey. Health data insecurity is the new normal. A big piece of addressing the cybersecurity healthcare challenge is educating people who work in healthcare settings, and that has been under-funded.

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Techquity: Getting Healthy Through Equity-by-Design

Health Populi

Second in priority for this audience was the slow adoption of information technology (among 71%), followed by cybersecurity threats which tied with health equity and techquity among about 2 in 3 respondents — still urgent, along with clinician shortage and burnout challenges which ranked a very close 5th place for urgency.

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