KPMG reports on data security on health care, and here’s what they found:
- 81% of major hospitals and insurers have had a data breach in the past 2 years
- 50% of hospitals and insurrers are prepared to stop data breaches.
- 66% of execs at health plans said they were prepared for a data security attack
- 13% say they are targeted by external hack attempts about once a day
- 12 % see 2+ attacks per week
- 16% of healthcare organizations cannot detect in real-time if their systems are compromised
“The vulnerability of patient data at the nation’s health plans and approximately 5,000 hospitals is on the rise and health care executives are struggling to safeguard patient records,” said Michael Ebert, leader in KPMG’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Cyber Practice.