Report: Cyberattacks Have Impacted Patient Care, Nearly 20% of Healthcare Leaders Say

Concerns over healthcare IT safety are growing in the United States, and with good reason—80% of healthcare organizations were targeted at least once within the past year, according to the results of Omega Systems’ 2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report.

However, the report also shows that overall, as a top business challenge, cybersecurity ranked last (33%) behind rising operational costs (53%) and maintaining compliance (52%).

“Healthcare is one of the most frequently targeted industries by cybercriminals—and not surprisingly, given the sensitive data they manage,” Mike Fuhrman, CEO of Omega Systems, said in the news release. “Unfortunately, growing gaps in cyber risk management are resulting in real-world consequences for patients and major setbacks for organizations. This disconnect is a growing risk across the healthcare industry that needs to be addressed with better visibility, readiness and resources.”

Survey results are based on the opinions of 250 healthcare business leaders in the United States, including CEOs, CIOs and COOs, who completed Omega Systems’ online survey in April 2025. Medical care practices and clinics, ambulatory care centers and medical billing companies were some of the organizations surveyed. The size of each organization varied between 50 and 500 employees.

Social engineering attacks, like phishing (48%) and ransomware (34%), were the most common methods used by cybercriminals.

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