US healthcare providers may need to boost cybersecurity measures, as proposed by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. Measures include multi-factor authentication, encrypted patient data and compliance checks. The proposals are projected to cost $9 billion in the first year. The move follows increasing ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector and significant data breaches.
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