Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Defining Private and Public Sector Responsibilities

Hackers target hospitals and providers, academic medical centers and researchers, insurers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, community health organizations, and many other organizations across the health care ecosystem. Sophisticated cyberattacks endanger patients, disrupt integrated networks and inflict steep financial costs. In addition to proactively defending against these pervasive threats, health care organizations face a labyrinth of complex, overlapping and burdensome cybersecurity requirements and breach reporting duties.

A new report released by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) and the Confidentiality Coalition, and co-authored by Manatt’s , and , proposes a collaborative approach between the private and public sectors to define and share cybersecurity responsibilities, create mutual accountability to protect patient safety and support the health care systems on which our country relies.

Learn more and view the full report .