AI, machine learning allow IT to offer a more holistic cybersecurity approach

Operational and medical device challenges that follow health system consolidations can be mitigated by creating a zero trust footprint, says Cletis Earle, healthcare field chief technology officer at Citrix.

Cloud and artificial intelligence systems complicate tracking where sensitive data lives and moves. Adam Burns of Fortra advises providers to analyze access behaviors across all systems, services and devices in the context of staff roles.

But continuity, confidentiality and compliance aren't the only imperatives hospitals and health systems need to manage when IT systems are down and workflows are suddenly paper-based, says Rebecca Romine, health law shareholder at Polsinelli.