As cyber threats grow more frequent and sophisticated, rural hospitals and clinics face challenges on all fronts—tight budgets, limited staff, inadequate training, complex technology, and unsupportive ...

The cyber community is worried that the megabill’s cuts to Medicaid could cripple rural hospitals’ already-limited ...

Rural hospitals are bracing for Medicaid cuts that could affect their cybersecurity. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4 by President Donald Trump, slashes Medicaid funding by ...

How and when will rural hospitals get the tools and resources they need to mitigate cyber threats is an unknown. But to increase awareness about the causes of rural hospital vulnerability and drive ...

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with ...

Small and rural hospitals are seeking strategies to find their way through the dangerous surge of healthcare cyberattacks.It's a challenge for many of them. For instance, most of the 550 or so rural ...

In addition to weaker cybersecurity protections, another concern is the oversized impact that the loss, even temporarily, of a rural hospital has on the people who live in the area.

Rural hospitals are facing growing cybersecurity threats and digital demands but often lack the resources to respond — a gap ...

About 350 of 1,800 small and rural U.S. hospitals have accessed the cybersecurity help that launched in June, according to a Sept. 3 update by White House deputy national cybersecurity advisor ...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee held a hearing on Wednesday to address consumer health data ...

Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and these investments from Microsoft help reinforce that," said Rick Pollack, president and CEO, the American Hospital Association. "Rural hospitals are ...

Rural Hospitals Common Targets for Cyber Attacks. Ransomware attacks on the U.S. healthcare industry increased from 214 in 2022 to 389 in 2023.According to the National Rural Health Association ...