Health IT Security October 29, 2019
Cybersecurity and collaboration need to be at the core of all patient safety discussions, centered around the risk connected medical devices pose to patient care and the healthcare ecosystem, according to Booz Allen Hamilton and the eHealth Initiative Foundation.
Released Monday, the collaborative Securing Medical Connected Medical Devices report is designed to fuel the discussion around the connected medical device ecosystem. For Booz Allen and eHI, it’s a “critical moment” for medical device security, and all industry stakeholders must come together to secure the connected healthcare environment.
“All connected medical devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks,” Jennifer Covich Bordenick, eHI CEO, said in a statement. “When cybersecurity risks are not mitigated, clinical efficacy and patient safety are negatively impacted, and companies...