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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Defending against these attacks must be a top priority for healthcare cybersecurity professionals. In 2024, the attack surface will continue to grow.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Two-thirds of of healthcare cybersecurity decision makers said senior leadership teams continues to underestimate cyberthreats to their organization , according to a survey from Google subsidiary Mandiant. Regional group purchasing organization United Iroquois Shared Services chose SpendMend for cost optimization.

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Simple Basics Are Still Needed to Thwart Cyber Threats

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In this video, two cybersecurity experts advise healthcare organizations not to fret over AI and advanced attacks, but to shore up the “basic fundamentals”: training against phishing attacks, practicing responses to attacks, and proven cyber technologies. Figure out who is most likely to be attacked. Some help is coming.

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More Evidence That Healthcare Cybersecurity Could Stand To Be Tightened Up Quite A Bit

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Not long ago, I shared the results of a survey concluding that healthcare organizations generally felt pretty confident about the state of their cybersecurity defenses, despite having had WannaCry wipe the floor with them just two years before. The survey, […].

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Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity – A Look At 405(d)

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There are new cybersecurity tools for protecting patient safety that every healthcare organization should know about. Pointing out that institutions usually underinvest in cybersecurity, Decker says that these two new assessment tools can help answer the question: “Does the investment lead to an outcome?”

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Healthcare CIOs Speeding Up Social Determinants Of Health Efforts

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New research has concluded that healthcare CIOs see analyzing social determinants of health data as a top priority going forward, along with tackling data interoperability and cybersecurity. The focus group study, which was conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, involved bringing together a group of CIOs who were members of CHIME.

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Healthcare Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT Predictions

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We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. For example, a report from Sophos found that 66% of healthcare organizations reported ransomware attacks last year, jumping from 34% in 2020.

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