The state of research on cyberattacks against hospitals and available best practice recommendations: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health sector has quickly become a target for cyberattacks. Hospitals are especially sensitive to these sorts of attacks as any disruption in operations or even disclosure of patient personal information can have far-reaching consequences. The objective of this study was to map the available literature on cyberattacks on hospitals and to identify the different domains of research, while extracting the recommendations and guidelines put forth in the literature.

Methods

Four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Scopus) were searched using standardized and adapted search syntax in order to identify relevant manuscripts published between 1997 and 2017. These were screened by two reviewers and included or excluded based on inclusion and exclusion criter

SUBMITTER: Argaw ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330387 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature