A mounting cybersecurity crisis is threatening America’s healthcare infrastructure as small and rural hospitals increasingly delay critical security improvements. According to a comprehensive June 30 report from Black Book Research, financial pressures from looming…
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GOP Lawmakers Challenge Party Leadership Over Healthcare Funding
Sixteen House Republicans have drawn a line in the sand, warning their party’s leadership that they “cannot support” the Senate’s reconciliation bill due to what they consider…
Critical Financial Crisis Threatens Rural Healthcare Access
Hundreds of rural hospitals across America stand on the precipice of financial collapse, with healthcare funding cuts and coverage eligibility changes in the recently passed House reconciliation package…
Small and rural healthcare organizations have to grapple with many challenges that their larger counterparts are often better able to navigate. Not to do so could risk closure. Uncompensated care is a big one, of course….
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The healthcare industry is continuing to make slow but steady progress toward the long-sought-after goal of interoperability, but much of that progress has been uneven. For example, small hospitals lag their large counterparts in…
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Healthcare organizations of all sizes can protect against data breaches and system disruptions by maintaining strict cybersecurity standards such as implementing best practices, staying up to date on software vulnerability patches and backing up…
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Small and rural hospitals are seeking strategies to find their way through the dangerous surge of healthcare cyberattacks. It’s a challenge for many of them.For instance, most of the 550 or so rural hospitals working with…
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Small and rural hospitals face big challenges on many fronts, and improving their cybersecurity is of particular concern. Already in precarious financial circumstances for many years, these understaffed and under-resourced facilities face cost pressures that prevent…
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Rural Healthcare Under Digital Siege
Rural hospitals are struggling with mounting cybersecurity challenges while lacking essential resources to defend themselves. Microsoft has pledged commitment through public-private partnerships to address this vulnerability crisis, stating: “We can…
How and when will rural hospitals get the tools and resources they need to mitigate cyber threats is an unknown. But to increase awareness about the causes of rural hospital vulnerability and drive more…
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