The healthcare industry is currently experiencing two major trends that are on a potentially dangerous collision course: the rise of telemedicine (and the corresponding increase in remote workers) and a spike in healthcare data breaches.
As early as 2014, a telemedicine survey by Foley & Lardner found that an astonishing 90 percent of healthcare organizations had already implemented or began developing a telemedicine program. Much of this has taken the form of remote appointments and monitoring, with the American Hospital Association finding that “70 percent of patients are comfortable communicating with their health care providers via text, e-mail or video.”
