The cost of cybercrime in the US healthcare sector
Jesse Abulencia · Computer Fraud & Security · 2021
The US healthcare system is burdened with the highest costs in the world, and they are still rising as a result of the system itself, its own inefficiencies and government politics. However, there is yet another factor coming more and more into play, adding additional costs and risks to stakeholders in the healthcare system, affecting patients, employees, governments and the doctors themselves. While digitisation and technology provide vast benefits for the quality and efficiency of the work of medical professionals and care of patients, cybercrime in the healthcare sector has risen as well.