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 residents while pushing businesses to handle people's personal information more sparingly and with greater security and sensitivity.
In 2018, the global medical device and clinical asset market was worth approximately $8.98 ...
In 2008, Nema (the National Electrical Manufacturers Association), together with HIMSS (Health Information and Management Systems Society) and a number of other security experts and government agencies, produced a short document template for manufacturers to use in order to describe the vital security properties ...
In the last several years, data breaches and cyber attacks on healthcare organizations have been in the news with alarming frequency.
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...
