Gist Healthcare Podcast

What the Stryker cyberattack reveals about medical device safety

KauffmanPodcast
By J Carlisle Larsen
11 min readMar 30, 2026
Financial sustainabilityClinical operations and quality

Gist Podcast

As healthcare organizations respond to the cyberattack on Stryker, the focus is shifting from what happened to how decisions are made in the moment. Gist Healthcare Podcast host J. Carlisle Larsen speaks with Phil Englert of Health-ISAC about navigating uncertainty during an incident, how these events shape perceptions of medical device risk, and what it takes for organizations to coordinate under pressure.

You can listen to the first half of the conversation here.

Author

J Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen

Vice President, Senior Producer

J. Carlisle Larsen, JC, is Vice President, Senior Producer for Kaufman Hall. Her responsibilities include breaking down healthcare business and policy news. Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, JC spent 10 years working in the Midwest WDET-FM (Detroit’s NPR Station) and Wisconsin Public Radio covering a wider range of topics, from social issues to healthcare politics. Her work has appeared on...