Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks to every hospital, the American Hospital Association reminds members. The expanded use of networked technology and the electronic exchange of health information greatly increases exposure to potential cybersecurity threats. One of the most important things senior executives can do is to ask the right questions of their information technology teams. AHA, through its new Center for Health Innovation, has published the following 12 areas for discussion, based on guidance from John Riggi, serving as the organization’s senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, after having spent nearly 30 years as a highly decorated veteran of the FBI.
