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Should Government Play a Bigger Role in Healthcare Cybersecurity?

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According to a 2023 report by the US Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center , the number of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector doubled in 2023 from the year prior. The incident at Change Healthcare and the downstream impact it had on the entire healthcare sector was yet another wake-up call for the industry.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions And now, check out our community’s Healthcare Cybersecurity predictions.

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Guide to a Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Stance

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The data is also necessary in order to maintain services to patients, so when a cybercriminal uses ransomware and makes that data unavailable, healthcare entities struggle to provide necessary care for patients. For a healthcare entity, this number could drastically change, depending on the impact of the attack.

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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 Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. 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. during 2023. The most valuable commodity today is data.

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Weekly Roundup – December 23, 2023

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Read more… A Three-Pronged Approach to Fortifying Healthcare Cybersecurity. Ferdinand Hamada at MorganFranklin Consulting described the role of identity and access management, robust employee onboard and offboarding, and centralized IT monitoring in reducing cybersecurity ris k.

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Blackwell Security Raises $13M Co-Led by General Catalyst and Rally Ventures to Empower Healthcare Cybersecurity Operations

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Jones will be joining the Founders Jaclyn Miller, President and COO, and Jason Lee, CIO, along with decades of team expertise and deep knowledge of healthcare’s security needs. “It’s I eagerly anticipate leading Blackwell through its next phase of growth, ensuring continued innovation and the safeguarding of healthcare cybersecurity.”