Survey Says: Patients and Employees Agree – No Privacy, No Go
Summary
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CynergisTek, a leading cybersecurity firm helping more than 1,000 hospitals navigate emerging security and privacy issues, today released survey results highlighting growing privacy concerns among Americans due to COVID-19 with nearly 70 percent citing they would likely sever healthcare provider ties if they found that their personal health data was not being properly protected. In CynergisTek’s Annual Security Report, Moving Forward: Setting the Direction, data shows that health systems who have not invested the time, money and resources to keep pace with the ever-changing threat landscape are falling behind. “COVID-19 has thrown many curveballs at both healthcare providers and employers, and the privacy and protection of critical patient and employee data must not be ignored,” said David Finn, executive vice president of strategic innovation of CynergisTek. “By getting ahead of the curve and implementing system-wide risk posture assessments and ensuring employee opt-in/opt-out functions when it comes to sharing personal data, these organizations can help limit these privacy and security risks.” CynergisTek’s survey was conducted between June 24-26 2020, and includes 5,005 U.S. adults, ages 18+. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties relating to product/service development, long and uncertain sales cycles, the ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, market acceptance, future capital requirements, competition from other providers, the ability of our vendors to continue supplying the company with equipment, parts, supplies and services at comparable terms and prices and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.