Privacy & Security
The 17-step road map is meant to help sort out shared healthcare cyber hygiene responsibilities, giving policymakers and providers direction toward protecting patient safety in the face of cyber threats.
Health data from wearable and implantable medical devices should be surrounded by stronger security, says Michelle Ramim, assistant professor of health informatics at Nova Southeastern University.
Healthcare organizations need to go from a reactive cybersecurity stance oriented around point solutions to developing comprehensive strategies to mitigate risk, says R. David Moon, chairman and founder of Arx Nimbus.
The complaint alleges the EHR provider failed to follow guidelines for protecting data after the company said compromised credentials enabled unauthorized access to the confidential information of more than 1 million people.
A survey of chief information security officers across industries shows them experiencing serious strain as budgets remain limited while cyberattacks gain intensity. But there are some bright spots, such as improved relations with executive leadership.
Key findings from the 2022 healthcare cybersecurity study, including a decline in ransomware attacks and continuing workforce challenges, are discussed by Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.
In pursuit of more accurate and equitable AI models, the health system is broadening the distributed network to include de-identified datasets in Brazil, Israel and Canada.
The DoD's new cyber workforce strategy aims to address 30K unfilled cyber positions, and the agency is looking hard at "moving away from certifications," said Mark Gorak, cyber workforce policy and development integrator.
"The more efficient we are and the faster we turn around the equipment, the more equipment is available for the patient, which decreases length of stay and increases patient satisfaction," says its system director of clinical engineering.
Point32Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and other health insurance plans, has taken HPHC systems offline, and providers are unable to confirm patient eligibility.