Network Infrastructure

We talked to four security experts to garner insights on changes that must be made within the healthcare industry to avoid repeating 2016's cybersecurity mishaps.

IT must be built into business strategy and development planning to fully realize its potential to enhance the broader organization, experts say.

Paul Griffin, previously professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has joined Purdue University as the new director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and professor of industrial engineering.

Can one model for health data exchange emerge from the diverse HIE ecosystem that exists now?  

The organizations aim to advance the secure exchange of health information and will start by focusing on data related to oncology.

The system moved away from a hybrid approach including paper and electronic barcode scanning and sees it as a boon to patient safety. 

The health system rolled out three new apps, including one it plans to commercialize. That wouldn't have been possible without the ability to tap into infrastructure quickly and cheaply, said Intermountain's director of innovation.

Most medical things exhibited at CES 2017 are connected devices with apps that collect, analyze, and feedback data and information to users (patients, consumers, caregivers) and health/care providers (physicians, nurses, care coaches, and others who support people in self-care).

Four experts discuss the lessons the healthcare industry learned the hard way this past year – and the need for much stronger security measures in 2017.

The hacker who targeted Anthem in early 2015, exposing more than 78 million customer records in one of the largest healthcare breaches ever, was acting on behalf of a foreign government.