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The Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act Introduced to Improve Medical Device Cybersecurity

HIPAA Journal

Over the course of the pandemic, cyberattacks on healthcare organizations have increased, and medical devices and the networks to which they connect have been affected by ransomware attacks. These attacks have affected hospitals, patients, and the medical device industry. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA)