Security News > 2021 > September > Healthcare cybersecurity under attack: How the pandemic affected rural hospitals

In this interview with Help Net Security, Baha Zeidan, CEO at Azalea Health, talks about how rural hospitals have been affected by the pandemic and what steps they should take to boost their cybersecurity posture.

How has the pandemic affected rural hospitals in particular and what could the long-term repercussions be?

Rural hospitals often lack access to the same resources enjoyed by larger hospitals, and many were already running on razor-thin margins and lean staffing before the pandemic.

We will continue to see the effects the pandemic has had on rural hospitals in the long run.

In some ways, the long-term impact will be good - even though they're behind on the curve, the pandemic has been a catalyst for rural hospitals to adopt new, cloud-based technology to improve their revenue cycles and lower their IT maintenance costs.

The reality is that most rural hospitals don't have the staff or resources to keep up with the latest cybersecurity protections, so outsourcing those responsibilities to their technology providers can keep clinicians focused on their patient care workflows.

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