The cruelty of hackers and the implications for patients should be a motivator for healthcare software and system providers to invest in and improve security.
Healthcare's conservative approach doesn't work in a rapidly advancing tech infrastructure. I know administrators are worried. I hope it triggers the investment and standards it needs soon.
Reference: https://gizmodo.com/after-attacking-medical-center-hackers-leak-patients-a-1849774993
Don Wicklegren is Xilium's founder. He is a technologist by profession who started his career pre-internet in remote medical technology and learning. He has worked in both small and large corporations with world-wide remote staff and became a part of the team who developed the first commercial internet. As an entrepreneur, he started his first technology company in 2001. In Xilium, he focuses on innovating solutions for the US healthcare system.
