Medicine has not been immune to the wave of digitization that’s reshaped so many other aspects of life. With the growth of IoT and the advent of its corollary IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), the paradigm for modern healthcare has shifted. Indeed, estimates suggest that the healthcare IoT market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 29.9 percent to reach $322.2 billion by 2025.
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus came shelter-in-place orders and the common sense desire to keep people away from potential virus hotspots. For hospitals, that's resulted in a very serious effort to move non-essential employees to a work-from-home model.
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus crisis, hackers smell blood in the water. Focused on addressing the crisis, already stretched super thin, and forced to improvise at each new turn, healthcare organizations in particular present an attractive target for hackers.
The embrace of cloud solutions in healthcare has been accelerating at a frenetic pace. Since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act which compelled the adoption of Electronic Medical ...
In the world of enterprise information security, the specific areas of knowledge and expertise that set you apart in your current situation might not be as directly and immediately applicable to a different IT environment or different professional circumstances. ...
In the world of enterprise information security, the specific areas of knowledge and expertise that set you apart in your current situation might not be as directly and immediately applicable to a...
In large organizations it's only natural for most of the workforce to ignore network analytics — mentally relegating it to the domain of IT and IT alone. In hospitals, more often than not, that...
In times like these, we could all use a distraction. With that in mind, we've created this short quiz on the state of connected healthcare and its digital risks.
As COVID-19 continues to plague the world, governments are beginning to pass legislation aimed at both strengthening critical infrastructure and propping up the wider economy.
There seems to be a lot of doom and gloom in the air these days and it's not hard to understand why. While I admit to sometimes playing the role of Negative Nelly myself, the truth is that all...
As part of the worldwide battle against COVID-19, hospitals will need to maximize the availability and visibility of key medical assets. By automatically locating medical devices and tracking...
There's no denying it and no point in ignoring it, so let's just acknowledge it: there's a big ugly elephant in the room and it goes by the name COVID-19. It's on everyone's mind, has already...
In business as in life it’s important to cover your backside. More important and higher minded though is covering your bases. If you engage in risky behavior, it’s a good idea to insulate yourself...
From improving patient experience to enhancing medical procedures, technology functions as the engine driving the healthcare system forward.
Providing consumers greater control and transparency over their personal data, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020.
Today, GE Healthcare — in coordination with CyberMDX and CISA (formerly ICS-CERT) — publicly disclosed the discovery of six software design flaws affecting seven products in their popular...
Each year we take some time to look at the trends we see happening in hospital technology and transformation. It is instructive to study the patterns and disruptive pressures contributing to...
Along with all its holiday cheer, this time of year always seems to bring a bounty of predictions as to what the industry will experience over the course of our next lap around the sun. Often,...
In the world of information security, each new year brings new opportunities for growth and learning. From new cyber threats and mitigations to new tools and techniques, there's no shortage of new...
It goes without saying that advances in healthcare technology are fundamentally changing the way that medicine is practiced. Recently, it would seem that these advances have begun to evolve more...
Healthcare is the most cyber-targeted industry, with nearly one out of every six US data breaches happening in hospitals and the problem is only getting worse. 15,085,302 individual medical...
It's been more than a year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has taken effect. The European Commission's wide-reaching law was designed to protect the privacy of EU citizens and...
In 2018, the global medical device and clinical asset market was worth approximately $8.98 billion. By 2025, it’s estimated that it will be worth $61.35 billion. Hospitals, on average, spend 11-13%
In 2004, Nema (the National Electrical Manufacturers Association), together with HIMSS (Health Information and Management Systems Society) and a number of other security experts and government...
It's already a well-known fact: cybersecurity constitutes a major challenge for connected healthcare operations, regardless of their unique organizational structures and processes. When each...
In the last several years, data breaches and cyber attacks on healthcare organizations have been in the news with alarming frequency.
This article is the final installment of a three-part series. We've already examined how those traits and trends converged around the principle of agility. Now, we'll discuss how the push for...
This article is the second installment of a three-part series. In the previous installment, we examined how technology evolved and how it has culminated in the streamlined, automated, intelligence...
"When wireless is perfectly applied, the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole.”
Machines are indispensable, yet imperfect. They work fine one day and break down the next. What’s more, even if the machine remains in essentially the same working order, you’ll still need to...
It’s only reasonable that access to sensitive medical devices should be restricted to those who require it. Physical access guidelines are designed to ensure that only professionals with the...
Biomedical engineers are the unseen force behind some of modern medicine's greatest achievements. Biomedical engineers are at the forefront of exciting research and they are staples of day-to-day...
HDOs occupy a unique position: on the one hand, their focus is on patient care, and their success is measured by health outcomes. On the other hand, they are businesses, with investors,...
For the first time, on July 9, 2019, ICS-CERT disclosed a vulnerability specifically impacting anesthesia machines. If exploited, the vulnerability would allow an attacker to silence alarms, alter...
On June 18, 2019, Netflix researchers, together with MITRE, issued an advisory containing four vulnerabilities relating to how Linux handles TCP Selective-Acknowledgement (SACK) at the kernel...
The healthcare industry in the US has been facing widespread disruption for some years. The Affordable Care Act in 2010 demanded that the industry carry out wholesale changes to its processes and...
