Cybersecurity Awareness Among Healthcare Workers: A Critical Imperative for Patient Safety in the Digital Age
Keywords:
Cybersecurity awareness, healthcare workers, patient data protectionAbstract
The rapid digitization of healthcare has fundamentally transformed patient care delivery, enabling seamless data sharing, real-time monitoring, and improved operational efficiency through electronic health records (EHRs) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices. However, this digital revolution has simultaneously exposed healthcare organizations to unprecedented cybersecurity threats, making the human element—particularly healthcare workers—the most critical yet vulnerable component of the security ecosystem
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