Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment

A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were exposed from data breaches, and 340,000 records were exposed in December 2017. In 2019, 23,000 patient records at Critica...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of extreme automation and connectivity in healthcare 2021-07, Vol.3 (2), p.20-32
Hauptverfasser: Dawson, Maurice, Aridi, Amalisha Sabie, Nobles, Calvin, Shufutinsky, Anton, McLester, Quatavia, Burrell, Darrell Norman, Muller, S Raschid
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Zusammenfassung:A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were exposed from data breaches, and 340,000 records were exposed in December 2017. In 2019, 23,000 patient records at Critical Care, Pulmonary & Sleep Associates were compromised when a hacker gained access to an employee's email account and sent out phishing emails to the other employees, eventually exposing the patient data. On January 11, 2018, Adams Memorial Hospital and Hancock Regional Hospital, both in Indiana, experienced independent ransomware attacks, with Hancock Regional Hospital paying $50,000 in ransom. These incidents point to significant and complex cybersecurity risks for all healthcare organizations. Effectively managing these risks requires healthcare managers to develop system thinking and adaptive leadership skills. This paper explores the nuances and complexities around systems thinking in the healthcare cybersecurity environment.
ISSN:2577-4794
2577-4808
DOI:10.4018/IJEACH.2021070103