As the recent attack on Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies goes to show, cyber crime in the healthcare segment is on the rise. Hospitals and health facilities are vulnerable as well. To learn more, read this story on cio.com:
“Cybercriminals know that the health industry is moving into EHRs and there’s more data to steal,” said Ann Peterson, program director at the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, an organization that works to reduce medical fraud.
Electronic health records, or EHRs, are increasingly being used by hospitals and doctors’ offices to store information such as test results and treatment plans, along with data such as patient names, Social Security numbers and birth dates.
