Health IT Security September 8, 2022
Surveyed healthcare security professionals reported adverse patient safety effects resulting from healthcare cyberattacks, including a hike in mortality rates and longer hospital stays.
Along with documented financial losses and reputational harm, healthcare cyberattacks have been known to endanger patient safety and adversely impact care delivery.
With the goal of understanding how various healthcare cyberattack types can impact patient safety, Proofpoint commissioned Ponemon Institute to survey IT and IT security professionals in the healthcare sector. The survey included self-reported responses from 641 experts in the field.
PATIENT SAFETY IMPLICATIONS
Specifically, researchers focused on four common types of healthcare cyberattacks: ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) attacks, cloud compromises, and supply chain attacks. Nearly 90 percent of all survey respondents said that...
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