The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Homeland Security (DHS) must coordinate and help hospitals battle cyberattacks, said Rep. Krysten Sinema, D-Ariz., in a letter sent Friday to both agencies (http://1.usa.gov/1rdD76b). “The combination of comparably lower spending…
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on cybersecurity than other industries and the extremely valuable data possessed by hospitals and healthcare networks makes the healthcare industry a more attractive target for cybercrime,” Sinema said. She requested information on how DHS and HHS create and inform hospitals of cybersecurity best practices, how they ensure safe transmission of data between hospitals, and what resources hospitals can use to improve their cybersecurity. “As we increasingly rely on digital health innovations to control rising healthcare costs, it is important that DHS and HHS support hospitals’ and healthcare networks’ efforts to improve their cybersecurity systems,” Sinema said. DHS and HHS did respond to requests for comment.