Patient identification is important. It’s also complicated.

Healthcare providers care for countless John Smiths, Maria Garcias, and Michael Lees. In fact, the average healthcare organization has seven patients who share the same most common name. That overlap can lead to identification errors that have serious repercussions for patient safety and the financial well-being of healthcare organizations – and names are only one way that patient misidentification happens.

Integration of Verosint Identity Threat Detection & Response with Imprivata Enterprise Access Management will strengthen the company’s advanced and passwordless access strategy to bolster security, improve workflow efficiency, and drive ROI at enterprise scale

As cyber threats escalate and budgets tighten, security discussions are increasingly shifting away from predicting the next big thing and toward identifying what delivers real, measurable results. With ransomware attacks rising across sectors and global cyber insurance premiums increasing by 15-20% year-over-year, boards are pressuring CISOs to demonstrate measurable returns on every dollar spent.

Critical infrastructure industries are facing new uncertainty following the recent expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015).

For decades, organizations have poured resources into securing systems with stronger and more complex passwords. Yet despite this investment, passwords remain one of the weakest links in cybersecurity and one of the biggest drains on workforce productivity.

The expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) on September 30 has left healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) navigating new uncertainty in an already volatile threat landscape.

Despite years of investment in cybersecurity awareness training, complex password policies, and multifactor authentication (MFA), human error remains a top cause of data breaches. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, 90% of successful cyberattacks and 70% of data breaches originate at endpoint devices, often triggered by employee workarounds under pressure to move fast.

As organizations accelerate IT/OT integration, they face new security risks tied to legacy systems, shared logins, and misaligned priorities. Here’s a checklist of top concerns to address when bringing IT and OT environments together.

Integrating IT and OT systems enables manufacturers to connect data, devices, and workflows, resulting in more efficient operations. Done right, it powers real-time decision-making, predictive maintenance, and smarter supply chains. But without proper security, IT/OT integration can introduce more risk than resilience.

Patient misidentification is a leading cause of medical errors, fueling patient harm, denied claims, and unnecessary costs. By focusing on prevention rather than correction, organizations can ensure patient safety and stronger financial performance.