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Shadow AI is outpacing healthcare email security

Healthcare organizations are rushing to use AI at breakneck speed, but security and compliance teams are already stretched thin and can’t keep up.

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2025 healthcare email security report

Key insights from 180 email-related healthcare breaches and actionable steps to protect your organization.

 

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REPORT

2025 healthcare email security report

Key insights from 180 email-related healthcare breaches and actionable steps to protect your organization.


Download the report

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Top takeaways

Shadow AI usage in healthcare introduces a new layer of security and compliance risk. Employees leveraging AI without proper guardrails can unintentionally expose sensitive patient data.
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95% of organizations report staff are already using AI tools in email

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62% have observed staff experimenting with ChatGPT or similar tools even though they’re unsanctioned

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16% admit compliance was never consulted before AI email tools were enabled

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75% believe employees assume tools like Microsoft Copilot are automatically HIPAA compliant

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Key resources

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Shadow AI is outpacing healthcare email security

This report examines how rapid-paced AI adoption is colliding with under-resourced compliance, creating risky gaps..

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Executive summary: Shadow AI is outpacing healthcare email security

Healthcare’s rapid AI adoption has outpaced security, creating new compliance risks hidden in everyday email use.

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Infographic: Inside the rise of shadow AI in healthcare

Key stats reveal how shadow AI is spreading across healthcare inboxes faster than organizations can govern it.

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Report excerpt: The push for fast AI adoption without oversight
Executives are driving AI adoption for efficiency, often skipping the reviews and safeguards compliance teams expect.

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Report excerpt: Frontline staff using AI under the radar

Clinicians and administrators are turning to built-in AI tools daily, often without approval or security checks.

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Report excerpt: Security and compliance dangers of shadow AI

Unmonitored AI use is creating blind spots in HIPAA compliance, exposing protected health data to unknown systems.