Chief Healthcare Executive November 17, 2024
Cybersecurity is make or break for patient safety and operational integrity.
It’s been a turbulent year in healthcare.
Disruptions, such as the Change Healthcare ransomware attack and CrowdStrike IT outages, have underscored healthcare’s vulnerabilities and shown us how events like these can have crippling effects on healthcare operations and put patients in harm’s way. As we look toward the future, we must come together as an industry to fix weak spots and protect our organizations.
An American Hospital Association survey found 94% of U.S. healthcare providers were impacted by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, a grim statistic illustrating how cyber criminals can quickly cripple an entire industry. While CrowdStrike was not a direct security incident, it also highlighted our sector’s...