Cybersecurity in Hospitals: A Systematic, Organizational Perspective.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cybersecurity incidents are a growing threat to the health care industry in general and hospitals in particular. The health care industry has lagged behind other industries in protecting its main stakeholder (ie, patients), and now hospitals must invest considerable capital and effort in protecting their systems. However, this is easier said than done because hospitals are extraordinarily technology-saturated, complex organizations with high end point complexity, internal politics, and regulatory pressures. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic and organizational perspective for studying (1) the dynamics of cybersecurity capability development at hospitals and (2) how these internal organizational dynamics interact to form a system of hospital cybersecu

SUBMITTER: Jalali MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996174 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature