Privacy & Security

Rigorous and routine training for incident response across the enterprise is critical to maintaining patient safety in the event of a cyberattack, say three security leaders.

The European Health Data Space, hopes for a Senate telehealth bill passage, public health infrastructure modernization and more are all on the group's agenda, says Tom Leary, HIMSS senior VP and head of government relations.

Also, the Technology Users Association has set up an advocacy group for the promotion of digital health services in New Zealand.

The bureau has new recommendations for healthcare organizations to address unpatched medical devices, which it says are increasingly being targeted in cyberattacks.

CISA advises on two high-level cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Cisco products while fixes for infusion pumps made by Baxter Healthcare have been released.

A Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint study found that more than 20% of those healthcare organizations hit with a ransomware attack or other IT compromise experienced an increase in mortality rates.

Corinne Dive-Reclus, global head of lab insights business at Roche Diagnostics, discusses the ways the company assists the healthcare industry by digitizing labs, accelerating access to innovation and giving providers actionable data.

The distributed ledger technology supports remote patient monitoring, enabling patients to participate in the clinical trial from home, while it allows all stakeholders to access the data from any interface.

What do providers need to do better to protect against cyberattacks? A former healthcare CISO, now leading security strategies at Google Cloud, gives some advice.