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Federal prosecutors this month charged two former Beaumont employees with stealing medical devices from the hospital and selling them via the internet for more than $560,000. A healthcare industry expert told me the theft speaks poorly of Beaumont’s internal controls, and that replacement costs for the stolen equipment were likely considerably more than the devices sold for in the black market.

Security and IT aren’t Beaumont’s strong suits. The hospital network suffered two data breaches within months last summer. Beaumont’s website to book Covid vaccines also crashed.