Recent cybersecurity events triggered the loss of patient, financial or organizational data for about 1 in 5 healthcare organizations, a new survey reveals.<\/p>\n
If you feel overwhelmed by the possibility of a future data breach, you\u2019re not alone. Turns out 42% of healthcare leaders and information security officers believe there are too many emerging and new threats to track them all, according to the 2015 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe recent breaches in the healthcare industry have been a wake-up call that patient and other data are valuable targets and healthcare organizations need a laser focus on cybersecurity threats,\u201d says Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS Vice President of Technology Solutions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your medical group might feel unsure about security protections that have been pieced together or added over time. The survey revealed healthcare organizations use an average of 11 different technologies to secure their environment. Hiring a security expert to consolidate your strategies or outsourcing all your data protection to a firm that focuses solely on data security are possible solutions.<\/p>\n Interestingly, more than half of healthcare organizations have hired full-time cybersecurity personnel recently. However, a majority feels even that may not be enough —\u00a0 64% reported that a lack of such personnel is a barrier to addressing future events.<\/p>\n It may be no surprise, therefore, that most respondents report only an \u201caverage level of confidence\u201d in their organization\u2019s capabilities to protect data and IT infrastructure. So how to reassure staff \u2014 and patients \u2014 that you\u2019re taking appropriate measures to protect sensitive medical and operational data?<\/p>\n It could be time to move from office server data storage to the additional protections of the cloud.<\/p>\n A version of this post originally appeared on CareCloud.com.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recent cybersecurity events triggered the loss of patient, financial or organizational data for about 1 in 5 healthcare organizations, a new survey reveals. If you feel overwhelmed by the possibility of a future data breach, you\u2019re not alone. Turns out 42% of healthcare leaders and information security officers believe there are too many emerging and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,8],"tags":[294,295,296,297,298],"class_list":["post-11684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show","category-trends","tag-cybersecurity","tag-data-breaches","tag-himss","tag-himss-survey","tag-patient-data-security"],"yoast_head":"\nTechnology and Team Issues<\/h4>\n
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