By now, I assume that everybody has heard of the cybersecurity incident at the University Clinic in Düsseldorf, Germany, where a ransomware attack crippled the IT system, requiring the diversion of an emergency patient to […]
Note: A version of this post appeared as the Final Word article in the January/February 2020 issue of BI&T. Assessing a security vulnerability’s risk to a healthcare delivery organization’s (HDO’s) systems could be a lot […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is described as a network of physical devices that uses connectivity to enable the exchange of data. These IoT devices are not necessarily intricate technological advancements. Rather, they streamline processes […]
In the March 1971 issue of Good Housekeeping, Ralph Nader wrote an article about the risk of electrical shock caused by medical equipment in hospitals. Our industry responded by testing medical equipment for leakage current […]
Why are you wasting so much time figuring out how to get new medical equipment safely on the network? It really doesn’t make sense to reinvent the wheel over and over when you could be working […]
Patient experience is a primary focus of healthcare organizations. When new patients arrive, the typical hospital campus environment is terra incognita to them: Where do I register? How do I get to the lab? Where […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly ubiquitous in our everyday lives. By some estimates, the IoT in healthcare will grow from a market size of $60 billion in 2014 to […]
If you could go back to your early days as a biomedical equipment technician or clinical engineer, would you? For me, at one level, the answer is an obvious “yes.” If I hadn’t worked on […]
When the WannaCry malware outbreak hit in May 2017, some of the first reports came out of the United Kingdom, where hospitals were impacted and some medical devices were implicated. Analysis of the malware quickly […]
Cybersecurity incidents in healthcare are on the rise. Organizations are continuing to strengthen their security programs. I’m currently working with two clients who are focusing on security. One is a large regional organization that is […]
