By Amy Oliver – A rural hospital leader told me recently that she had finally upgraded her whole hospital’s internet from 200 Mbps to 1 Gbps, and she was genuinely excited about it, because in rural health, those are the wins. I think about that every time someone talks about rolling out AI, telehealth, and cybersecurity in rural communities like it’s a simple switch to flip.
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By Amy Oliver – One of the absolute best things about this industry is the people in it. During conference season, the number of people I get to reconnect with or meet for the first time multiplies fast, and learning from them brings me a kind of joy I really didn’t know a career could give me.
By Matt Fisher – While the pace of settlements announced by the Office for Civil Rights has slowed significantly in the past year and a half, the newest one announced on August 27, 2026 brings the right of access under HIPAA back to the fore.
By Mark Ferrari – Healthcare has gotten very good at producing third-party risk scores. We have platforms, dashboards, questionnaires, and assessments that can generate a number for almost any vendor relationship. Leaders like scores. They are simple. They are comparable. They fit into a dashboard and offer a way to simplify the risk of a vendor population that keeps growing.
By Matt Fisher – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed 2027 Physician Fee Schedule for Medicare (the 27 PFS) on July 14, 2026. The 27 PFS contained a pretty big surprise: a complete shift in approach to the two primary modes of remote monitoring: remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring.
By Amy Oliver – I have always cared about healthcare access and equity. But recently it stopped being just a professional conviction and became something messier and more specific, the kind of care that comes from watching the system fail someone you love and not being able to do anything about the system, only about showing up.
By Matt Fisher – The biggest recent news for HIPAA is the quiet reveal that updates to the Security Rule are now delayed until sometime in the middle of 2027. The update was made on an Office of Management and Budget webpage, which now shows expected final action as an undefined date in July 2027.
By Russell Teague – Healthcare is getting better at seeing its risk. The hard part is now what we do after the finding. During the first half of 2026, organizations have been identifying more risk than ever, but they are remediating less of it according to Fortified Health Security’s rolling risk assessment data.
By Matt Fisher – Artificial intelligence remains a hot topic in seemingly every area of life, with healthcare a particular focus. Where does AI fit in exactly though? There are so many questions and conflicting suggestions about how AI fits in. Recently, three different reports and surveys pointed to very different assessments and potential uses.