The cyber security tax in health care and what to do about it
AI is super-charging cyber threats and the health care industry is suffering from the onslaught.
That means health systems are spending more on cybersecurity and thinking critically about how to contain those costs.
What does that mean for health tech vendors? Every new technology a hospital adopts creates another potential vulnerability. As health systems spend more on cybersecurity, they're limiting how many outside vendors access their infrastructure.
Health-tech companies can’t just position their products as time-saving tools or even revenue optimization technology, they have to think strategically about the risk their tools present to hospitals.
Behind the paywall Jefferson Health President Baligh Yehia talks about:
- What Jefferson is doing to secure its 700 care sites
- How large health systems are shifting their vendor strategies to be more secure
- The growing cost of keeping hospitals safe
- Opportunities for vendors outside of simply selling product
Read the full interview in Second Opinion.
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