Healthcare AI use is outrunning data-governance controls, Proofpoint finds
Original title: AI Takes Root in Hospital Corridors, Raises Security Stakes
Proofpoint says 45% of healthcare organizations embedded AI while 60% lacked controls for that sensitive data.
A Dark Reading feature reports that hospitals are putting AI into intake notes, clinical decisions, and other points in the patient lifecycle faster than they can secure the data. Proofpoint's 2026 healthcare cybersecurity study is cited as finding governance lagging adoption. Named risks include AI-vendor compromise, leakage through prompts, and AI-generated social engineering. Proofpoint's Susan Biddle says some customers use OpenEvidence with Epic and must keep sensitive information out of the tool.
Unconfirmed: The excerpt is cut off and does not describe a specific incident or confirmed data exposure.
- Forty-five percent of organizations had embedded AI into their systems.
- Sixty percent lacked controls to govern that sensitive data.
- Some customers use OpenEvidence because it integrates with Epic EHR.
- The piece flags supply-chain compromise, prompt leakage, and AI social engineering.
- Products
- OpenEvidenceEpic
- Organizations
- Proofpoint
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From the original article
9 min read at darkreading.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere in healthcare, from doctors’ intake forms to cancer screenings. But, in some cases, life-and-death uses are outpacing cyber security.
By Arielle Waldman · darkreading.com
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