In this episode, we talk with Baxter Lee, the president of the Clearwater cybersecurity firm. He discusses the threats to health systems, the risks tied to vendors and third parties, and how AI is changing the game in cybersecurity. He stresses the need for health systems to focus on resilience in the wake of a cyberattack.

Data Book: Clearwater President Baxter Lee on cybersecurity, AI, and healthcare

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It's the scenario that hospitals and health systems dread, a cyberattack. Hundreds of hospitals have experienced cyberattacks that have disrupted operations, shut down systems, and affected patient care, and those attacks can be very costly. I'm Ron Southwick, Lead Editor of Chief Healthcare Executive. In this episode of Data Book, we talk with Baxter Lee, the president of the Clearwater cybersecurity firm.

He discusses the threats to health systems, the risks tied to vendors and other third parties, and how AI is changing the game in cybersecurity in both good and bad ways. He also stresses the need for health systems to focus on resilience in the wake of a cyberattack. It's a very timely discussion. Thanks for joining us. This is Data Book.

Thanks for joining us on Data Book today. We are talking with Baxter Lee, the president of Clearwater cybersecurity firm. Baxter, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today. Yeah, thanks for having me, Ron. It's always good to connect with you. Yeah, good to talk to you again, too. I guess there's like we were talking right before we started. There's not much downtime in your line of work. We see a lot of hospitals and health systems that have been disrupted by cyberattacks. Is it safe to say that hospitals remain a key target for ransomware groups and cyberattack groups?

Yeah, absolutely. Unfortunately, that continues to be the case. What we're seeing is real escalation in the market. As you know, healthcare has always been a target, but attacks seem to be more coordinated, more disruptive and more strategic than they've ever been. In addition to hospitals, we're also seeing a larger incidence of attacks in the ambulatory specialty provider market.

Data Book: Clearwater President Baxter Lee on cybersecurity, AI, and healthcare

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Data Book: Clearwater President Baxter Lee on cybersecurity, AI, and healthcare

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The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.