The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 encouraged the migration of personal health information (PHI) to electronic health records (EHRs). As part of the U.S. Government’s 2009 economic stimulus package, HITECH provided incentives for transitioning offline patient data into internet-accessible electronic records. Unfortunately, the increased act of adopting digital records attracted cybercriminals who responded by launching a historic number of assaults on the healthcare industry.

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