Recent high-profile data breaches represent a horror story for health care organizations. Here are some steps your board can take to stay one step ahead of the cyber criminals.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care's billing system and EHR was affected by a computer network shutdown after its IT security team found suspicious activity during routine monitoring, Detroit Free Press reported Sept. 5.
Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services shut down a data breach within 17 minutes of its IT system being accessed, the health system said.
Two New York hospitals reported a cyberattack on Aug. 31 that disrupted operations, according to a report from 7 News.
Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System said its Epic EHR system was hacked during a Aug. 21 cyberattack, hindering some of its day-to-day operations, WLOX reported Aug. 30.
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The FBI announced it has taken down Qakbot, a botnet network that enabled the attack on Prospect Medical Group, Bloomberg reported Aug. 29.
A survey of 1,100 cybersecurity, engineering, IT and networking professionals from healthcare organizations reported that 60 percent of cyberattacks have had a moderate or substantial impact on care delivery.
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health are experiencing sporadic phone access and have reported that their websites and computer applications have been experiencing an outage since Aug. 27, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported.
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The Joint Commission says hospitals and health systems should prepare to be on downtime for at least a month following a cyberattack, The Wall Street Journal reported.