Chief Healthcare Executive October 21, 2025
Ron Southwick

Baxter Lee of Clearwater says healthcare organizations are incorporating AI in their defenses, but not at the same speed as ransomware groups.

Las Vegas – Cybersecurity experts say AI can help hospitals and health systems improve their defenses against ransomware groups.

But cyber attackers are also using AI tools to hack into health systems, and they may be adopting AI more quickly, says Baxter Lee, president of Clearwater, a cybersecurity company that works with hospitals.

“I think attackers are probably using AI faster than we’re using it to defend against it,” Lee tells Chief Healthcare Executive® in an interview at the HLTH conference. “So they’re moving very quickly, and it’s creating ways for them to just automate things a lot...

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