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6 Healthcare Cybersecurity, Ransomware Predictions to Watch in 2022

HIT Consultant

We reached out to six healthcare executives for their trends and predictions on healthcare cybersecurity and ransomware to watch in 2022. Worse yet, attacks on hospitals have turned deadly. As we head into 2022, it is likely we will see an increase in both the sheer number of attacks on hospitals as well as severity.

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Sen. Angus King shares healthcare security takeaways from Cyberspace Solarium Commission

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But that doesn't absolve healthcare organizations in the private sector from their own responsibilities as phishing campaigns proliferate , ransomware attacks reach a fever pitch and nation state actors take aim at the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain , he said.

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Pandemic allows CIOs to move with new speed, but cyber threats lie in wait

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. When new technologies were needed to solve fast-moving healthcare challenges, hospitals and health systems could not afford to wait the time it normally took to stand up IT. "At Legacy, all of our hospitals are maybe a 30-mile drive away," he said.

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Health Provider News – May 20, 2022

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AHA responds to report on hospitals’ requested price hikes to insurers. Nonprofit hospital margins to remain weak through Q2, Fitch says. Nonprofit hospitals squeezed by pricier labor, investment losses in Q1. OIG: 25% of Medicare hospital patients experienced harm pre-pandemic. Arkansas Gets $3.9M

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Health Provider News – May 13, 2022

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340B hospitals amplify loss projections as more drugmakers unveil restrictions. FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Alabama hospitals were just ranked for safety: See how yours fared. IV contrast shortage impacting Alabama hospitals.

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Health Provider News – March 18, 2022

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CMS updates COVID-19 testing rules for long-term care facilities. Conti Ransomware Group Continues to Threaten Healthcare. Hospitals and Health Systems Experiencing Severe Shortage of Pharmacy Technicians. Housing for hospital workers called ‘crisis’. New Bill Aims to Extend Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver.

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Health Provider News – April 22, 2022

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3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals. HHS Issues Warning to HPH Sector about Hive Ransomware. Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% Mask mandate ruling was ‘irresponsibly abrupt,’ hospital exec says. payment increase is not enough, American Hospital Association says. HHS is giving $226.5