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Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Healthcare IT Today

What is most concerning about attacks on healthcare organizations is that any of the four most common types of attacks (ransomware, supply chain attacks, cloud or business email compromise) can trigger serious consequences for the health of patients, even putting their lives at risk.

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How the pandemic has reshaped CIOs' views on adaptability, agility, security and hiring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dealing with a ransomware attack. "We no longer had these resources for the day-after-arduous-day of operations held hostage by a 100% paper downtime after decades of electronic medical record use. "In response, we built out full-scale telemedicine technologies and workflows literally over a weekend.

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Health Provider News – June 3, 2022

Hall Render

Ransomware spurs weeks, months of IT downtime. Delaware physician group latest spine practice to suffer ransomware attack. NCH Healthcare System switching vendor for electronic medical records in early June. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia staff accurately used telemedicine to diagnose genetic disorders.