CIO DIVE March 6, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Fifty-eight percent of healthcare providers or organizations require proof of data privacy and protection compliance from third-party IT providers, according to a Ponemon Institute and Censinet survey. The survey collected responses from 534 third-party IT and IT security professionals whose companies provide goods or services in healthcare.
- Forty-three percent of third parties have access to protected health information (PHI) and in the last two years, 54% experienced at least one breach impacting the data. Just over one-third of respondents said they would immediately contact the healthcare provider after discovering a breach.
- Risk assessments cost third-party IT vendors about $2.5 million annually, but healthcare providers don’t require updates, leaving results outdated. In light of security or...
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