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BOSTON – John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association, kicked off the 2023 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum here on Thursday, with a data-rich and provocative discussion that focused largely on the need for local and regional planning for healthcare cyberattacks.

Ahead of the conference, Riggi said he's had growing concern about a "dramatic increase" in the high-impact ransomware attacks on hospitals and health systems that shut down hospital computer networks and deny clinicians access …