Risk Management

Greg Besegai, regional director of RiskRecon, describes how his company helps healthcare organizations identify and focus on the mission-critical issues found in external systems.

Adam Kehler, principal consultant and healthcare practice lead at Online Business Systems, says frequent mandatory password changes are no longer the go-to answer for system security.

Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government, says when it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes, trust and security are extremely important.

Hospital-vendor partnerships are being hampered by a lack of third-party cybersecurity standards, says Lorraine Bessmer, senior cybersecurity analyst at St. Luke's Health System.

IT security is a legacy word, says Brian Selfridge: "This isn't cybersecurity, this is risk."

Cylera Chief Security Strategist Richard Staynings says hospitals only have seconds to respond using defensive AI to recognize algorithm transformations taking place is suspected malware.

The insurance industry will remain but the traditional PPO is beginning to come to an end as costs are outstripping inflation and wages, CEO says.

Optum calls the study's conclusions "misleading" as health systems use many data elements other than cost to select patients for clinical engagement.

Walter Pistor, director of digital health transformation at WebShield, says conflicting regulations and ingrained processes can hamper data sharing - but his company can help build networks for secure sharing of sensitive data.

Hospitals and health organizations must pre-plan for cybersecurity attacks while creating medical device interoperability, says Julian M. Goldman, medical director of biomedical engineering at Partners HealthCare System.