91% of healthcare providers adopted telehealth solutions and 52% of patients are concerned with data confidentiality

According to the Telehealth take-up: the risks and opportunities. Health Care Report 2021  recently released by cybersecurity leader Kaspersky: Nine out of ten healthcare providers have already implemented telemedicine innovations.

The market research covered 34 countries (including Europe) and contained 389 interviews – 170 were conducted with companies with over 1000 employees, and the rest with organizations with 50 to 999 employees.

Here are some key conclusions from the Kaspersky report:

• 91% of healthcare providers adopted telemedicine technologies and have been using them since the beginning of the pandemic
• 52% of employees providing remote health care experienced situations in which patients refused video consultations with doctors, lacking trust regarding digital technology or data confidentiality and security.
• 37% of the medical community agrees that technology will completely replace doctors in the next 20 years.

Although almost a third of the surveyed companies reported data management and security issues, seven out of ten respondents said their organizations offer dedicated IT security training programs.

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