Forbes June 26, 2024
Mike has over 15 years of experience in healthcare, including extensive experience designing and developing medical devices. MedCrypt, Inc.
The ransomware attack on Change Healthcare earlier this year emphasizes what we have seen time and time again: There’s a repetitive cycle of outrage followed by a return to “business as usual,” which is detrimental and unsustainable to the healthcare industry. This attack paralyzed significant elements of hospital operations nationwide, with an estimated one-third of Americans being impacted, making this significantly different from previous cases we’ve seen. But still, the pattern is familiar: an initial burst of media attention and panic, followed by a quiet dissipation of concern as the news cycle moves on. Yet, this habitual fading of attention undermines...