Health Sector Statement of Support for Improving Cyber Safety to Protect Patient Safety
February 2024
The Undersigned Organizations Agree:
The United States Healthcare and Public Health (Health) Sector continues to face dramatic increases in cyber-attacks, causing disruption to patient safety, the care continuum and the operation of supporting network-connected products and services;
Cyber preparedness and resiliency of the Health Sector depend on a collective defense involving all Health subsectors and supporting infrastructure in the interconnected and interdependent ecosystem;
Progress has been made in awareness and implementation of Health Sector guidance for cybersecurity risk management, but efforts must be accelerated in an All-of-Sector, national collective strategy; and
The Health Sector Coordinating Council Joint Cybersecurity Working Group has developed a Five-Year Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan (HIC-SP) that presents a wellness plan for lifting Health Sector cybersecurity from “critical condition” to “stable condition” by 2029.
The undersigned therefore embrace the principles of the Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan to enhance our shared preparedness and resiliency on the imperative that “Cyber Safety is Patient Safety”
Statement of Support Signatories
As of March 13, 2024.
Abbott
Amador Health Center
American Hospital Association
American Nursing Informatics Association
Armis
Armstrong Risk Management LLC
Ascension
Ballad Health
BD
Bracco Medical Technologies/Acist Medical Systems
BronxCare Health System
Campbell County Health
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
ChristianaCare
ClearDATA
Clearwater
Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
CommHIT
ComplyAssistant
Connected Health Initiative
CRISP Shared Services
Critical Insight, Inc.
CyberWise Strategic Consulting
Designer Security LLC
ECRI
Exiger
Faith Regional Health Services
First Health Advisory
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Fortified Health Security
Fresenius Medical Care
Friend Family Health Center
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)
Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Integrated Womens Health
Intermountain Health
Kardon
Lakewood Health System
LivaNova
McLaren Health
Medcrypt
Medtronic
Merck & Co., Inc.
Messer Financial Group
Mom’s Meals
Network PDF Cloud
Northern Arizona Healthcare
Northwell Health
OCHIN
OMC Systems LLC
Organon
Overseer Security LLC
PAHCOM | Professional Association of Health Care Office Management
