Health IT Security October 24, 2018
A full 80 percent of 1,000 US consumer surveyed by Unisys are concerned that hackers could access their electronic health records (EHRs) at their healthcare provider.
Breaking that down, 14 percent are very concerned about an EHR breach, 25 percent are very concerned, and 40 percent are somewhat concerned, according to the 2018 Unisys Security Index.
This compares with 90 percent of respondents expressing concern about hackers getting into financial systems at their bank, 81 percent expressing worry about attackers hacking into US border security systems, 87 percent worried about a breach of the US electric grid, and 84 percent worried about hackers compromising US election systems.