With the growing popularity of AI solutions, health systems need to dig deeper to manage security risk. When evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for a health system, cybersecurity may not be one of the first considerations. Perhaps it should be. In an age of increasing security threats, data management by outside parties opens the door to additional risk.

David Bailey, vice president of consulting services at Clearwater, a firm focused on cybersecurity in healthcare, told Fierce in an interview that the incident highlighted challenges in healthcare beyond fending off digital threats, as organizations grappled with a key service taken offline.