Vanderbilt researcher links 2K deaths to healthcare’s lack of cybersecurity
A researcher at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management has linked over 2,100 patient deaths to hospital data breaches and lack of cybersecurity, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sung Choi, PhD, presented findings at a cyber-risk quantification conference hosted by Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business as a way to push the healthcare industry to take steps to protect patient health information.
“A breach triggers remediation activities, regulatory inquiries and litigation in the years following a breach… [these activities] disrupt and delay hospital services, and therefore leads to care quality problems,” said Choi, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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