Privacy & Security
Hospitals can't wait for the perfect plan to prepare for a cyberattack or other kind of disruption, and should start with what they have, says Heather Costa, director of resilience for the Mayo Clinic.
Seeing the direction cybersecurity is going allows Ian Mack to realize, at a high level, why the team does the work it does, says Ian Mack, IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia, who is the communications chair for the HIMSS Virginia Chapter.
There are about 17 different medical devices in hospitals and those must travel and transmit information securely from a patient's home, says Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare.
Artificial intelligence makes efficient use of a massive amount of data, but it can also create deep fake technology, says Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor of radiology at the University of Montreal.
New York State is mandating more stringent cybersecurity processes. Other states and the federal government may soon release similar regulations, says George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and CEO of Intraprise Health.
Patients need a safe, effective operational hospital that can ensure access to their data, says Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.
Only a quarter of IT leaders and executives are confident about their cyberdefense strategies, while a majority are at least somewhat confident, says Jill Brewer, market insights lead at HIMSS.
The ability to use AI to get past cyber defenses will cause a reset on the tools used to secure healthcare networks, says cybersecurity expert Richard Staynings of the University of Denver.
Patients suffer the health consequences of attacks that delay or disrupt care or result in ambulances being turned away, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the HSCC, Cybersecurity Working Group.
When hit, all hospital functions are severely impaired, including clinical care delivery, which can result in patient deaths, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD and former national leader of privacy, security and IT infrastructure at Kaiser Permanente.