Being a hospital CIO can be an unenviable – and sometimes nearly thankless – job even at the best of times. Things have arguably gotten even worse for health IT leaders as COVID-19 caseloads mount and the need to slap together solutions addressing the pandemic grows.
Given this level of chaos, it’s predictable that cyberattackers would materialize en masse to see if they can exploit newly vulnerable hospitals. And according to an article in USA Today, that’s exactly what’s happening now.
