A new research report sponsored by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) looks at multiple aspects of health IT security, in the context of increasing concern driven by an explosion in cybercrime
According to a new research report sponsored by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2), “Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the healthcare industry, because medical identity theft is more lucrative than the theft of personal identification information alone. Meanwhile,” the report notes, “healthcare systems are increasingly vulnerable to attack as electronic health records spread, and as the use of web portals for information exchange with patients and providers becomes more common.
