A Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey indicates that 87 percent of healthcare professionals have used the last year to elevate the importance of cybersecurity, while an additional two-thirds of those surveyed have had a “significant security incident in the recent past,” MedCity News reports. “On average, the survey-takers’ organizations use 11 different technologies to try to secure their networks and data, in part because hackers, phishers and other scammers are getting more sophisticated,” the report states. Meanwhile, CIO reports the healthcare profession doesn’t “have a system in place that is practical or financially viable at scale for securing medical devices, and innovation is essential.”
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