Fierce Healthcare July 1, 2019
While large healthcare organizations are successfully adopting best practices for cybersecurity, smaller health systems and hospitals are falling behind as budget constraints and a lack of qualified talent hinder progress, according to a new survey.
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and KLAS Research surveyed 647 healthcare organizations, representing 2,190 hospitals, as part of its Most Wired survey. They used those survey responses to gauge how well health systems are adopting voluntary cybersecurity best practices.
A task group within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients (PDF) in December 2018 and the document outlines 10 recommendations to help healthcare stakeholders limit their cyber vulnerabilities. The HHS recommendations...
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