MedCity News May 15, 2020
Thirty-six percent of health institutions were unable to deliver patient care for at least five hours because of a cyberattack, according to a 2019 AMA Accenture Medical Cybersecurity Survey.
“First, do no harm.”
The Hippocratic Oath is the North Star of medical treatment, guiding doctors to properly diagnose illness and injury, pursue the correct treatment, and prescribe the appropriate medication. But what about the harm that may come to patients whose medical records wind up on the “dark web”? How is patient care threatened when hospitals can’t access records because of a ransomware attack?
While the industry has made impressive advances in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of countless physical maladies in recent years, there is still work to be done...
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