Health IT Analytics November 20, 2023
Editorial Staff

From HIPAA to Federal Trade Commission regulations, healthcare stakeholders need to know the legal landscape when preparing for cybersecurity attacks.

The healthcare sector is up against sophisticated cyber threats, from phishing to ransomware. From 2018 to 2022, there was a 239 percent increase in large breaches involving hacking reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), HHS data shows. A key element of combatting these increased threats is understanding and complying with the patchwork of state and federal cybersecurity regulations, such as HIPAA.

Elizabeth Hodge, partner in the Healthcare Practice Group at Akerman, discusses the healthcare cybersecurity regulatory landscape and outlines best practices for maintaining compliance before, during, and after a cybersecurity incident.

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