Abstract Healthcare organizations face persistent cybersecurity threats driven by the sensitivity of protected health information (PHI), regulatory obligations, and operational constraints. Small healthcare providers, including clinics, long-term care facilities, and specialty practices, often lack the resources and expertise required to implement complex cybersecurity frameworks effectively. Building upon the RCA-50 Cyber Readiness Assessment Framework, this paper examines the application of RCA-50 within healthcare environments to assess organizational readiness, identify systemic gaps, and support risk-informed decision-making. The study maps RCA-50’s five domains to healthcare-specific operational and compliance realities, including workforce awareness, technical safeguards, governance practices, identity management, and incident response preparedness. The paper demonstrates how RCA-50 provides a practical, interpretable, and scalable approach to cybersecurity readiness assessment in healthcare without imposing compliance-heavy or audit-centric burdens.