Abstract

Objective: Information technologies are widely used in the presentation of health care services. Information technologies are important in providing quality and safe maintenance. Information Technology provides a large degree of maintenance security by providing information management, sharing and easy access. In addition to these positive features provided by information technologies, the fact that each device can be remotely controlled and accessible causes concerns about health data and the safety of devices. The health sector is attractive by cyber criminals because of its rich data sources and low defense defenses. Cyber threats in hospitals include health information and ransom attacks on hospitals, besides attacks on medical devices and infrastructure. Failure to take adequate measures for cyber security in healthcare organizations may endanger patient safety. Although cyber security is critical in patient safety, it is necessary to increase security measures with developing technology. As a result, cyber security has become an indivisible part of patient safety. In this article, the importance of cyber security that threatens patient safety is emphasized in the presentation of health care services and more studies are needed to increase the security measures.