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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Other experts have said cybersecurity is key to fulfilling telehealth's promise, with data breaches likely to undermine patient confidence in the modality to the degree that they switch physicians or stop using telemedicine altogether. ON THE RECORD.

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Ransomware, Cloud, and Phishing: Decoding this Year’s Cybersecurity Landscape

Healthcare IT Today

In the first half of the year alone, we saw major incidents like the Change Healthcare breach , which affected up to one-third of Americans , and the Ascension ransomware attack , which disrupted hospital operations across the U.S., These incidents highlight the critical vulnerabilities in healthcare cybersecurity.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

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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Addressing telehealth's cybersecurity risk will be an industry-wide problem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Experts have repeatedly predicted that telehealth would present a major challenge for healthcare cybersecurity in the coming year. "We've been measuring the risks and the threat for telemedicine-type services for many years," said Christopher Logan, director of healthcare industry strategy at VMWare.

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Cybersecurity frameworks in APAC don’t support remote care: report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Consulting which looked into the cybersecurity landscape of the region and how policies and other measures apply in the rising remote care segment. WHY IT MATTERS Healthcare cybersecurity frameworks across APAC nations, the report noted, are "not fully adapted" to remote care solutions nor are these harmonised across jurisdictions.

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Cybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

technology firms are moving into the telemedicine field, pushing platforms that integrate once disparate databases used for billing, scheduling, patient data, and that facilitate patient-provider collaboration," the Booz Allen Hamilton report authors observed. "Large U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – April 5, 2025

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… Will Video Reshape the Future of Healthcare ? Rasmus Almqvist at Hibox described telemedicine’s role in offering convenient care, particularly for preventive care and patients with chronic conditions , and in closing key care gaps.