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Healthcare Cybersecurity: 5 Steps to Prepare for a Ransomware Attack

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In 2023, the healthcare industry faced its toughest year, with over 124 million health records breached in a total of 725 hacking incidents, according to The HIPAA Journal. Jim Broome, President and CTO, DirectDefense It’s not a matter of if but when an organization will face a security incident.

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Security Breaches in Healthcare in 2023

HIPAA Journal

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

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The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. Data security is one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare industry today.

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How to Maintain HIPAA Compliance in Public Cloud Environments

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In this article, we are going to discuss the factors and characteristics of public cloud solutions that are important for companies operating in the healthcare field in the United States. With the right planning and questions, businesses can establish a relationship with a managed service provider (MSP) offering HIPAA Cloud Hosting services.

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Breach Prevention: 5 Best Practices to Protect Your Data

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Breach Prevention: 5 Best Practices to Protect Your Data. “It It is well known that there has been a digital boom in various industries from retail to education to, of course, healthcare. Noticeably, with the expansion of digital comes a surge in data breaches particularly in the healthcare industry. Social media. Hackings.

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Health Provider News

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The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Health Provider News

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The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M