cybersecurity

Julian M. Goldman, medical director of biomedical engineering at Partners HealthCare System, addresses the connection between cybersecurity and interoperability.

Deep Dive: The four-part series on cybersecurity concludes with advice on how healthcare organizations can prevent attacks and mitigate their fallout.

Deep Dive: The third video of this four-part series on cybersecurity explores why healthcare organizations must be aware of the data and network risks their business partners can introduce.

Deep Dive: The second video of this four-part series on healthcare cybersecurity looks at the motivations behind healthcare cyberattacks and the specific prizes hackers are targeting.

Deep Dive: In Part 1 of a four-part series on healthcare security, cybersecurity veterans discuss the major risks facing today's healthcare organizations, and why protecting sensitive data and systems is a vital step in providing care.

Julio Vivero, business partner at GMV, says the healthcare industry must identify and address cybersecurity issues it will be facing in the future, but a one-size-fits-all approach is not the solution.

Ronald Petru, CMIO at Radboudumc in the Netherlands, says that organizations need to inform their workforce about cybersecurity risks as well as ensure that a proportional investment is made into security to ensure risks are mitigated.

The Protecting Personal Health Data Act would establish sensitive data standards alongside a national task force for concerns on cybersecurity and privacy.

Watch the stream of the event's first day in its entirety, with discussions on hot topics including blockchain, cybersecurity and patient advocacy.

It’s necessary to get clinicians interested in cybersecurity because of the potential risks to outcomes, says Saif Abed, MD, founding partner of AbedGraham Healthcare Strategies.