Healthcare DIVE January 25, 2024
The resources serve as a “step forward” as the agency looks to propose enforceable standards, HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm said in a statement.
Dive Brief:
- The HHS released voluntary cybersecurity goals for healthcare and public health organizations on Wednesday, as the industry grapples with increasing large data breaches and ransomware attacks.
- The performance goals, broken down into essential and enhanced safeguards, aim to help organizations prevent cyberattacks, improve their response if an incident occurs and minimize remaining risk after security measures are applied.
- The resources come after the HHS released a concept paper in December, which detailed plans to create hospital cybersecurity requirements through Medicare and Medicaid and eventually update the HIPAA rule.
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