Medical Devices

Cybersecurity breaches in healthcare continued at an alarming rate throughout the year, affecting operations and patient safety, while government agencies and policymakers focused on ways to improve resilience.

Health and technology innovators are studying astronauts' health to advance terrestrial healthcare. James Hury, deputy director and chief innovation officer at the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, explains how.

Collaborating to address medical device cybersecurity issues.

Grace Chang, cofounder and CEO of Kintsugi, explains how clinicians can identify signs of clinical depression and anxiety in everyday health conversations with the use of voice biomarker technology and machine learning assessments.

Also, Singapore's Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung is participating in a new large-scale population health study. 

This was another challenging year for healthcare information security – but there's hope for the year ahead as technology and policy leaders promote new ideas to reduce risk and strengthen resilience.

Also, AIIMS will start requiring teleconsultations for follow-ups next year.

The American Hospital Association is calling for greater federal support for victims of cyberterrorism to help get hospitals back online quickly. It also advises hospitals to coordinate cyber response with their regional emergency planning efforts.

"The adversary has to beat all of us to beat one of us," said Greg Garcia of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.