Is Healthcare Ready to Pick Up the Pace in Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity in healthcare has never had a higher profile than right now. A string of IT breaches and ransomware attacks on HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates has threatened patient care, led to substantial financial losses, and brought unwanted attention to healthcare organizations. In July 2021 alone there were 70 reported data breaches of 500 or more records, making it the fifth consecutive month where data breaches had been reported at a rate of two or more per day.1