A survey of 166 US health information security professionals. Discusses the prevalence of significant security events (primarily e-mail based), positive advances in healthcare security, the threat of complacency when managing programs, and area where there are control gaps.

The HIMSS Media survey, Cloud Security Insights, sponsored by the Center for Connected Medicine, sought to better understand attitudes and perceptions about cloud security among hospitals and health systems. It’s findings: among the IT, cybersecurity and informatics professionals surveyed, more than half cited cybersecurity concerns as “significantly limiting” their use of cloud services.

This is the infographic that reveals the key information revealed in the report of the same name.

This report is specifically geared to the Healthcare and Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Issues.

As this report states, you can be compliant, but still not be secure. Read the 5 steps that can help make your hospital secure beyond the requirements for compliance.