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Supporting Hospitals and Patients After Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

The cyberattack against Change Healthcare that began on Feb. 21 is the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a U.S. health care organization.
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Strengthening Cybersecurity to Protect Patients and Access to Care

The never-ending barrage of ransomware and cyberattacks against the health care sector has only strengthened the resolve of hospitals and health systems to reinforce their defenses and protect safe access to care for patients and communities.
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4 Key Ways to Prepare for, Prevent and Respond to High-impact Cyberattacks

What can your hospital or health system do to proactively prepare for a cyberattack with plans to maintain both business and clinical continuity? Gain insights gleaned from a recent AHA webinar with four health care leader panelists and John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the AHA. Read Riggi’s new AHA Cyber Intel blog article to learn four strategies to effectively prepare for a cyberattack.
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We Must Step Up and Meet the Moment Following the Most Serious Cyberattack in History on Our Nation’s Health Care System

We continue to press Congress, the Administration and UnitedHealth Group to step up their efforts to respond to this unprecedented incident.
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Keeping Up Our Guard and Fighting Back Against Cybercrime

It seems like barely a week goes by without a new cyberattack that affects health care providers.
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Third-Party Cyber Risk Impacts the Health Care Sector the Most. Here’s How to Prepare.

John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explains why cybercriminals are shifting from directly targeting hospitals to hitting the third-party technology and service providers critical to supporting hospitals’ clinical care. He highlights four key strategies to help hospitals and health systems strengthen their third-party risk management program against the debilitating effects of the next, inevitable Change Healthcare-like cyberattack.
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Keeping Hospitals and Patients Safe against Cyberattacks

Cyberattacks are increasing globally and in the U.S., with health care organizations, especially hospitals and health systems, being prime targets.
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Strengthening our Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect Patients

This week’s cyberattack on Change Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest health care technology companies, is yet another unwelcome reminder of the ability of cybercriminals to take advantage of our mission of caring by disrupting daily operations.
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Perspective: Preparation is Key to Mitigating Cyberattacks

As Russia attempts to advance its political interests by its invasion of Ukraine through the use of its military, we have also seen stepped up cyberattacks attributed to Russia in recent days on major networks in Ukraine.
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Third Party Cyber Risk is Your Cyber Risk. How to Understand, Mitigate and Prepare for Third Party Cyber Risk Exposure

It’s a sad fact that hospitals and health care systems continue to be a prime target for cyber criminals.