Both the type and severity of security threats to facilities continue to grow. I don't see a threat reduction coming for a long while. Every practice needs to increase their investment in security. This year I plan to release a basic set of steps to improve medical practice security, so keep an eye out for that blog post.
Reference: https://www.wired.com/story/ransomware-tactics-cancer-photos-student-records/
Don Wicklegren is Xilium's founder. He is a technologist by profession who started his career pre-internet in remote medical technology and learning. He has worked in both small and large corporations with world-wide remote staff and became a part of the team who developed the first commercial internet. As an entrepreneur, he started his first technology company in 2001. In Xilium, he focuses on innovating solutions for the US healthcare system.