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September 9, 2022

Cyberattackers shift targets, breach style against healthcare providers

Cyberattackers are turning their attention to smaller hospital systems and specialty clinics. While larger providers and payers have the most data, smaller ones have lower levels of security preparedness, staff size and budget for sophisticated defenses, according to cybersecurity firm Critical Insight in its H1 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report. And while total attacks are declining, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Healthcare Data, Healthcare IT Systems, Hospital Cybersecurity

January 4, 2022

Jamaica: Medical tourism and health technology

Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean have a virtually untapped resource in medical tourism. Of course, there are places that offer this, but the extent to which we could be benefitting from such an industry is massive and not truly being exploited. We have focused a lot on health and wellness tourism. According to dobusinessjamaica.com in their ‘Health and Wellness Tourism’ report: “The Global … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Wellness Tourism, Healthcare IT Systems, Jamaica, Medical Tourism

September 2, 2021

Cyberattackers eying small providers as easy victims

Cyberattackers are shifting their focus more toward smaller healthcare providers, seeing them as easy targets. Outpatient facilities, including family medicine and specialty clinics, were targeted almost as often as hospitals in the first half of 2021, while business associates like claims processors accounted for 43% of all healthcare breaches, according to a report by cybersecurity firm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Healthcare IT Systems, Hospital IT

August 4, 2021

Number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches rises 185%

Only seven months into 2021 and more than 22.8 million people have fallen victim to healthcare data breaches. This is a 185% increase from the same time last year, when just 7.9 million patients were affected. In addition, the number of reported breaches to the HHS increased 27% year-over-year during the first six months of 2021, with providers out of all healthcare entities experiencing the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Healthcare IT Systems

June 30, 2021

Why Providers Must Prepare for a Ransomware Attack

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the healthcare industry even more vulnerable to ransomware attacks. As COVID-19 hit, so too did ransomware. In the United States, an attack hit at least 26 healthcare providers between January and May. Most notable was a malware attack on the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine that cost a $1.14-million ransom. Additionally, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Cybersecurity, Healthcare IT Systems, Ransomware

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