Buyer beware when it comes to M&A cybersecurity issues

Recovery, downtime and disruption from IT outages cost some independent and senior care providers "tens of thousands of dollars per minute," lower staff morale and pose patient safety concerns, says healthcare IT security expert Danielle Morrison.

For the year ahead, we'll be watching for precision medicine advances, cybersecurity challenges, policy shifts and, of course, continued evolution of AI-enabled care delivery, say the editors of the HIMSS Media brands.

Jackie Mattingly of Clearwater advises small- to medium-sized hospitals to improve accountability and streamline technical complexities now to improve their cybersecurity postures in this look at what rural providers face.