Medscape January 10, 2025
A new federal rule could force hospitals and doctors’ groups to boost health cybersecurity measures to better protect patients’ health information and prevent ransomware attacks. Some of the proposed requirements could be expensive for healthcare providers.
The proposed rule, issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and published on January 6 in the Federal Register, marks the first time in a decade that the federal government has updated regulations governing the security of private health information (PHI) that’s kept or shared online. Comments on the rule are due on March 6.
Because the risks for cyberattacks have increased exponentially, “there is a greater need to invest than ever before in both people and technologies to secure...
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