A s Mike Milliard, Executive Editor at Healthcare IT News, can tell you, cybersecurity isn’t just about protecting patient data anymore. While guarding privacy and keeping protected health information (PHI) off the dark web remain top priorities, the stakes are now even higher. A cyberattack can take a hospital offline for days, weeks or even months. And the subsequent delays and disruptions to care pose serious risks to patient safety. “I’ve been covering this space for more than 12 years, and as recently as 2014, we were not talking about ransomware. But this year, Healthcare IT News has already covered at least two stories of patient deaths linked to attacks,” said Milliard in a recent HIMSS webinar, “Beyond Data Breaches: High Stakes in the New Threat Environment,” sponsored by

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