What Interoperability in Healthcare Really Means for Security and Privacy

The report explains that healthcare interoperability expands the attack surface by introducing risks from misconfigurations, weak identity controls, and insecure data-sharing workflows, heightening the chance of large-scale data exposure and regulatory non-compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA). It advocates secure, identity-verified, end-to-end protected exchanges with auditing, supported by staff training and governance, and urges treating interoperability as a strategic security architecture decision rather than merely an operational efficiency goal.