BearingsRecent intelligence for healthcare IT leaders.

Vendors held most of the patient records lost in July

Four items belong on a health system's list this quarter: an inventory of every vendor holding patient data and its notification terms, a plan for AI-assisted security testing that includes the people to fix what it finds, a documented opt-out path patients can follow, and a one-page record for each AI agent covering function, evidence, permissions, and owner.

• AI security testing is now available to regional hospitals
• Patients want price comparisons and control over record sharing, and both depend on configuration
• Physicians set the terms for clinical AI agents
• Rural funding is paying for networks that need shared data