Health Data Privacy, Cyber Regs: What to Watch in 2026

Regulatory Expert Predict What Will and What May Never Be Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • December 31, 2025

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. What the healthcare sector faces over the course of the next 12 months in regulation from federal and state governments, enforcement, legislation - and of course, artificial intelligence - is anybody's guess. But if the coming year is yet unknowable, it's also the consequence of what we did and said this year. Outcomes await disposition on the other side of midnight, but we can still ask questions now and observe trends.

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