Cybersecurity and Privacy
HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum reaffirms how cybersecurity can prevent disruption of patient care, says Ian Mack, IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia and the communications chair for HIMSS Virginia Chapter.
Hiring a third party responsible for dropping a network inside a home that manages the network, devices and security, then leveraging a health systems' clinical expertise to deliver care, works, says Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare.
Cybersecurity experts are implementing measures to prevent localized attacks from spreading into hospital networks, where they can affect millions of medical records, says Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor at the University of Montreal.
A new cybersecurity mandate in New York requires hospitals to implement incident reporting within 72 hours and have a chief information security officer, says George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and CEO of Intraprise Health.
Cybersecurity is linked to health equity and vice versa, says HIMSS senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy. Cybersecurity must extend beyond the clinical setting as data access to patient information is necessary.
Third-party risk management was the No. 1 weak link reported in organizations' cyberdefense strategies, says Jill Brewer, market insights lead at HIMSS. The No. 1 technology to use is AI-powered threat-detection and analytics.
Richard Staynings, a University of Denver professor, highlights the drawbacks and benefits of AI in patient care and precision medicine, advancing cybersecurity in healthcare, and malicious use of the technology to get past malware defenses.
We're facing an average of two data breaches a day across the country, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group. Still, we have the tools to respond to and mitigate the damage.
Dr. Eric Lieberman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD, discusses advising care organizations on ensuring collaborative decision-making in cybersecurity for patient safety - and the government’s role in helping organizations protect their technologies.
Jonathan Bauer, CIO of Atlantic General Hospital Health System, discusses cybersecurity in smaller community hospitals and dealing with funding challenges and technological advancements, particularly following the Change Healthcare attack.