Conduct an interview with someone in the IT department.
Provide a write up summary of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Interview on the possible vulnerabilities in a healthcare organization and critical educational needs for staff nurses with regard to cybersecurity issues
Overview
Healthcare cybersecurity is a branch of information technology concerned with the security of healthcare systems. EHRs, health tracking devices, medical equipment, and software used in healthcare delivery and management are examples of these systems.
Healthcare cybersecurity focuses on preventing attacks by securing systems against unauthorized patient data access, use, and disclosure. The primary goal is to ensure the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of essential medical data that, if compromised, could jeopardize patient lives.
Hospitals hold hundreds, if not thousands, of patients, making them great targets for hackers and making healthcare cybersecurity a top priority for hospital executives. A ransomware attack on the Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield, Indiana, in 2018 demonstrates how a ransomware attack can impair hospital cybersecurity.
Hackers gained access to backup system data and corrupted files, including EHRs, permanently. Even when the IT team shut down the network, the hospital remained open, so patients were not diverted. However, the attack had a financial impact on the hospital, which ended up paying a ransom of four bitcoins worth $55,000 to regain access to its data.
Cyberattacks can take numerous forms, from ransomware to identity theft. The severity of an attack depends on the scale of the facility. Four difficulties are prevalent across healthcare: patient privacy protection, the risks of legacy systems in healthcare, the challenges of healthcare IT, and healthcare security breaches
