On Friday, June 2^nd, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published The Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry. The report is authored by the HHS Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force – a team comprised of top IT security and technology experts in both the public and private sectors, including Imprivata’s own David Ting.

Healthcare’s newest workforce may be AI agents, but their autonomy introduces serious security concerns.

As AI agents gain system access and autonomy, healthcare must consider identity management, security, and oversight.

For a healthcare industry under relentless pressure, AI agents promise efficiency, automation, and new insights.

Autonomous systems can analyze data, make decisions, trigger actions, and coordinate across clinical systems…with minimal human oversight.

But there’s a darker side.

Drug diversion is the channelling of prescription drugs from a medical source into the illegal market. The problem is growing as abuse of prescription treatments, such as opioids, stimulants, and sedatives also increases, making the diversion of such treatments increasingly profitable or necessary to fuel addiction.