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Here’s an uncomfortable scenario Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) in healthcare software companies are all too familiar with.

In the high-stakes world of healthcare SaaS, where the performance of digital platforms can determine patient safety, care quality, and operational efficiency, investors are at a disadvantage when assessing the foundations of a SaaS investment opportunity.

Widely embraced by the software development community, the undeniably positive impact open-source code has afforded software developers, is offset by a few, yet significant pitfalls; concerns oft overlooked by digital health solution providers, especially those new to patent and regulatory considerations. In this article, we highlight an open-source coding “blind spot” and present a potential solution to balancing open-source opportunities with legal and commercial realities.

In their 2024 report, researchers found software supply chain interconnections (third-party software) accounted for 15% of breaches in 2024, up from 9% in 2022 and 2023, and 4% in 2021. Clearly, cybercriminals are increasingly finding these third-party software vulnerabilities a successful pathway to exploit.