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85 HEALTHCARE NEWS Texas hospitals record most cyberattacks in US By Mackenzie Garrity S ince 2014, more than 1.4 million Texans have had their health records stolen, making hospitals in the state most at-risk for cyberattacks, according to data from HHS and cited by Texas Public Radio. Last year, more than 9 million Americans were affected by cyber- attacks. e breaches happened at hospi- tals, health insurers and other healthcare organizations. For four of the past five years, Texas has led the country in total hack- ing breaches reported to HIPAA, according to the report. Part of the reason for the numerous attacks is because of the state's population. Texas has more hospitals than many other states, making it more suscep- tible to cyberattacks. Typically, hospitals and health systems in Texas suffer from hacking data breaches. However, in 2018, a coding error exposed the data of more than 1.2 million people. To combat the cyberat- tacks, hospitals are beginning to divert money and resources to cybersecurity. But in rural clinics, this can be challenging. "You can put some of these rural hospi- tals that are really in very narrow margin businesses in a tough position because they can't make these kinds of investments," Lance Lunsford, vice president for commu- nications at the Texas Hospitals Association, told Texas Public Radio. "As these attacks have picked up over the years, hospitals have been more and more direct targets because they have not only key financial data but also sensitive patient health information." Healthcare needs to catch up to cyber criminals, Mr. Lunsford said. In order to do so, hospitals and health systems will need to invest more money in cybersecurity. n 32% reduction in repairs 1 54% reduction in complaints 1 63% reduction in medical device report (MDR) filings 1 1. ProClean white paper, "ProClean Adds Value to Any Powered Equipment Account." Stryker Instruments, 2012. D0000006839 RevAA Copyright © 2019 Stryker Blu62 Cleaning Solutions Who better to trust cleaning your power tools than the people that built them? Perfectly balanced to meet the exact specifications of our products, our exclusive line of Blu62 Cleaning Solutions has been proven to rinse residual free 1 to not only maximize your performance but your investment. Made for each other • Optimize cleaning by rinsing spot and residue free • Not dependent on contact time and water type or temperature • Reduce service calls, repairs and costs • Reduce complaints, medical device report (MDR) filings and related paperwork • Yield consistently repeatable results • Meets AAMI and Joint Commission manual cleaning guidelines Put Blu62 to work for you today. Contact your Surgical sales representative, visit Stryker.com/Blu62/Beckers or call 800 253 3210.