Healthcare IT Today January 2, 2025
Cybersecurity was a leading topic in 2024. In February Change Healthcare experienced a cybersecurity incident that crippled electronic payments and medical claims at UnitedHealth Group (Change Healthcare’s parent company). The length and severity of the incident not only had the healthcare industry talking about cybersecurity, but it also remained a topic of discussion in the broader tech media
It was understandable that much of that discussion focused on how and where healthcare was falling short on cybersecurity. In general, healthcare had not prioritized or invested in cybersecurity compared to other regulated critical industries like banking and transportation.
Healthcare IT Today thought it would be interesting to flip the script on cybersecurity in healthcare. Instead of focusing on where we needed...