Report: Healthcare practices have limited cybersecurity tools available

Healthcare providers have a “limited portfolio” of cybersecurity tools at their disposal, a new report by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society finds, with practices lacking appropriate personnel and budget.

Acute healthcare facilities providing short-term treatment services have a greater number of security solutions than non-acute providers that provide longer-term care, the report says.

“This may be attributed to providers potentially having relatively more financial resources to invest in such technologies and, thus, to have more of a...