Physicians Practice April 10, 2024
A U.S. Senator discusses the future of cybersecurity in health care.
Democratic Sen. Mark R. Warner of Virginia published the policy options paper “Cybersecurity Is Patient Safety: Policy Options in the Health Care Sector” in November 2022. Since then, he and his staff have been in study mode, asking physicians and medical organizations to answer questions about risk, cybersecurity capabilities, federal leadership, incentives and requirements, and recovery from cyberattacks.
Warner, who served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006, previously spent years working in business and technology, cofounding the company that became Nextel, which eventually merged with cell phone company Sprint. Warner is chairman of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Warner also cofounded the Senate Cybersecurity...