Vanderbilt University

November 7, 2019

Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks

This post was originally published on this siteHospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. Health industry experts say the findings should prompt a larger review of how security — or the lack thereof — may be impacting patient outcomes. Researchers at Vanderbilt University‘s Owen Graduate School of Management took the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) list of healthcare data breaches and used it to drill […]