Cybersecurity and Privacy
When a small practice suffers a cyberattack, recovery costs may force closures that leave communities without local care options, according to All Covered's Danielle Morrison.
Intermountain Health CISO Erik Decker talks about the SMART toolkit, which identifies critical healthcare functions so leaders can plan ways to keep their organizations running in case of cyberattacks.
According to Clearwater's Jackie Mattingly, sustainable cybersecurity funding for rural hospitals remains elusive, with many states allocating little to no Rural Health Transformation Program money to security.
Lakewood Health System's Jim Roeder says building regional alliances enables rural hospitals to share expertise, strengthen defenses and keep care available when cyber incidents happen.
Eric Jimenez, Artesia General Hospital CIO, says the hospital first deployed AI to protect its network after a cyber incident. It expanded to ambient listening and is now seeking to use AI for clinical applications.
Predictions from Australia to Southeast Asia highlight where AI, telehealth, and platform consolidation are headed next.
While HIMSS Media editors anticipate that AI will be used in every layer of healthcare's tech stack in 2026, they stress that governance and human oversight are essential to ensure AI works safely at scale.
According to Barrett Loveless, infrastructure director at the PET Imaging Institute, EDR (endpoint detection and response) tools, combined with expert monitoring, have kept the institute breach-free for a decade.
During the HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum, Dr. Xiaoqian Jiang of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston said removing patient identifiers does not always make data anonymous.
The company, which changed its name from RIIG to Hootl in May, will use the funds for product development, regulatory preparedness and market growth.