Urology Times September 20, 2023
There have been several recent regulatory updates related to cybersecurity in health care.
This article first appeared on our sister site Medical Economics.
Health and human service organizations possess an abundance of protected health information (PHI), by the simple nature of their operations. With phishing, smishing, ransomware, and other dangerous cyberattacks on the rise, the threat posed to these organizations has never been higher. As a result, many government agencies—including the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—are developing updated cybersecurity guidance and laws.
The following represent several of the recent, key cybersecurity updates that are important for health and human service organizations to understand:
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