HealthsystemCIO.com January 23, 2025
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting critical vulnerabilities in healthcare cybersecurity. The report underscores the Change Healthcare cyberattack as one of the most disruptive cybersecurity incidents in recent history, exposing significant weaknesses in the healthcare sector’s resilience.
According to the report, the attack demonstrated how deeply healthcare systems rely on third-party vendors for claims processing, revenue cycle management, and electronic data exchange. Organizations that depended solely on Change Healthcare struggled to maintain operations, with some facing severe cash flow challenges.
“We’ve been discussing this problem for years, but this attack made it real,” said Erik Decker, Industry Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity Working Group. “Now we know exactly how...
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