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66 CIO / HEALTH IT 2 Types of Hospitals With the Highest Risk of Data Breaches By Jessica Kim Cohen T eaching hospitals and facilities with high bed counts are most at risk for breaches, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The lead author — Ge Bai, PhD, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in Balti- more — worked with two co-authors to analyze HHS statistics on data breaches reported from late 2009 through 2016. They identified 216 hospitals that re- ported a total of 257 breaches, 15 percent of which were breached more than once. Dr. Bai and her colleagues noticed the median number of beds for a breached facility was 262, compared to only 134 for hospitals that reported no data breaches. They also found 37 percent of the breached hospitals were teaching hospitals, while only 9 percent of non- breached hospitals had a major teaching mission. "It is very challenging for hospitals to eliminate data breaches, since data access and sharing are crucial to improve the quality of care and advance research and education," Dr. Bai said. "More research is needed to identify effective and evidence-based data security prac- tices to guide hospitals' risk management efforts." n Healthcare Ransomware Attacks to Jump 4-fold by 2020: 5 Findings By Jessica Kim Cohen T he healthcare security market is projected to soar over the next five years, according to report by Herjavec Group, a Toronto, Canada-based information security firm. Here are five takeaways. 1. Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations will increase four- fold by 2020, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. is increase in threat risk, along with growing government scrutiny on the industry, will drive healthcare organizations to spend more on cybersecurity. 2. e global healthcare cybersecurity market will surpass $65 billion through 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, representing almost 15 percent year-over-year market growth. Although this amount sounds steep, Cybersecurity Ventures says it is similar to other industries. 3. is $65 billion will go toward purchasing a range of security solu- tions, including identity and access management; risk and compliance management; antivirus and antimalware soware; intrusion detection services; and intrusion prevention systems. 4. e cybersecurity workforce shortage poses a particular challenge for the healthcare industry. Recent research suggests there will be 1 million unfilled cybersecurity job openings in 2017. Healthcare orga- nizations are competing against large tech and financial companies for the existing cybersecurity workforce. 5. Outside of cybersecurity, the Herjavec Group also suggests health- care organizations invest in backup systems. By comprehensively back- ing up patient records and other systems, healthcare organizations can avoid feeling pressure to pay a ransom demand. "Healthcare organizations are a prime target for cyberattacks because they're focused on what they do best — providing patient care," said Rob- ert Herjavec, founder and CEO of Herjavec Group. "In the majority of cas- es, budgets are spent on research, on advancing treatment, and rightfully so, on patient care." n 3 RD ANNUAL HEALTH IT + REVENUE CYCLE CONFERENCE September 21-23, 2017 | Hyatt Regency | Chicago, Illinois 150 Speakers from Hospitals and Health Systems – 255 Speakers Total THE BRIGHTEST CIOS, HEALTH IT AND REVENUE CYCLE EXPERTS IN HEALTHCARE REGISTER HERE www.beckershospitalreview.com/health-it-revenue-cycle-conference/ Registration@BeckersHealthcare.com OR 800.417.2035. KEYNOTES BY George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of America Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxing Legend, Successful Entrepreneur and Author, The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring