Privacy & Security
Jill Brewer, market insights lead at HIMSS, previews a new report that finds third-party risk management to be the top challenge and vulnerability for health system IT leaders and execs – many of whom are seeking AI-powered threat detection tools.
Cybersecurity expert Richard Staynings of the University of Denver says the clinical information used for AI-enabled decision support models needs to be protected – but that's a tall order with so much of it to manage.
Greg Garcia, executive director of the Health Sector Coordinating Council's Cybersecurity Working Group, says breaches have increased 250% over the past five years – and ransomware attacks are up 280%. Here's what health systems can do in response.
Eric Liederman, chief executive officer of CyberSolutionsMD, says developing an "all of us approach" on what to do and how to do it can help even advanced organizations protect healthcare delivery when ransomware hits or affects a nearby hospital.
Jonathan Bauer, CIO at Atlantic General Hospital Health System, says when Change Healthcare was attacked and Atlantic couldn't bill for a month, it helped bring the need for a robust cybersecurity system front of mind to board members.
Information telemetry and analysis can be aided by component pieces of large language models, says Darren Lacey, CISO at Johns Hopkins.
The Boston health system built specialized space for evaluating and deploying large language models for research and operations. Renato Umeton, director of AI operations and data science services at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explains why and how.
Dr. Sonya Makhni, medical director of applied informatics at Mayo Clinic Platform, says providers want assurances that artificial intelligence tools are useful, transparent, explainable and secure.
Nana Odom, head of clinical engineering at Cleveland Clinic London, says healthcare organizations should educate all employees to understand and observe cybersecurity best practices.
Kelly Arduino, healthcare practice leader at accounting firm Wipfli, discusses $800 million in cybersecurity resources recently made available by the White House, along with new tools and services from Microsoft, designed for critical access hospitals.
