Healthcare AI Security Blog

Introduction Picture this: Dr. Sarah Martinez walks into her patient’s room, greets them warmly, and begins her examination. As she speaks with the patient about their symptoms, asks questions about their medical history, and explains the treatment plan, an invisible…

Introduction In our previous article, we unveiled the hidden security risks lurking within ambient clinical note AI systems—from data privacy exposures to sophisticated AI model attacks. The response from healthcare leaders has been overwhelming, with many asking the same critical…

Introduction “We thought we had HIPAA compliance figured out,” said Dr. Jennifer Walsh, Chief Medical Officer at Regional Medical Center, as she described her organization’s recent experience with ambient clinical AI implementation. “We had robust policies, regular training, and a…

Introduction At 3:47 AM on a Tuesday morning, the security operations center at Metropolitan Health System received an unusual alert. Their ambient clinical AI system was generating clinical notes with subtle but concerning anomalies—medication dosages that were slightly off, symptoms…

Introduction Dr. Maria Rodriguez, Chief Information Officer at Pacific Health Network, faced an impossible choice. Her organization wanted to participate in a groundbreaking research initiative to improve ambient clinical AI systems for emergency medicine. The potential benefits were enormous—better diagnostic…

Introduction When Apple announced in 2016 that they were using differential privacy to protect user data while improving their AI systems, Dr. Sarah Chen, Chief Data Officer at University Medical Center, knew she had found the answer to her most…

Introduction When Dr. Michael Thompson, Chief Technology Officer at Global Health Research Institute, first heard about homomorphic encryption, he thought it sounded like science fiction. The concept seemed impossible: performing complex AI computations on encrypted patient data without ever decrypting…

Introduction The breach notification arrived at 2:15 AM on a Friday morning. Dr. Lisa Park, Chief Information Security Officer at Metropolitan Medical Center, stared at her phone in disbelief as she read the alert from their ambient clinical AI vendor….

Introduction The emergency call came at 11:47 PM on a Sunday evening. Dr. Rachel Martinez, Chief Digital Officer at Riverside Health System, was awakened by her phone buzzing with urgent alerts from their cloud security monitoring system. Their ambient clinical…

Introduction The alert came in at 3:42 AM on a Tuesday morning, but it wasn’t like any security incident Dr. James Chen had seen before. As Chief Information Security Officer at Pacific Medical Center, he had responded to countless cybersecurity…