Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announces that it has established a Product Security Partnership Program that emphasizes collaboration across the health care industry to enhance cybersecurity of medical technology and devices.
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In the past, the job description of a hospital-based biomed or clinical engineer was very clear, maintains biomedical expert Patrick Lynch: Any patient equipment housed outside of the wall was in HTM’s care. Today, however, the lines are much blurrier, Lynch says.
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They pump insulin to treat diabetics, provide electrical stimulations to regulate the human heartbeat, monitor vital signs, and “feed” patients with the nutrients and drugs they need. But they have also emerged as primary targets of hackers. Here, Merlin International’s Brian Wells shares what HTM professionals need to know about medical device cybersecurity. Don’t miss out.
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Health technology safety requires that healthcare facilities identify the possibility of danger or difficulty with medical technologies and take steps to minimize the likelihood of adverse events. To help HTM professionals along the way, ECRI Institute has announced the launch of its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018 list.
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On Thursday, October 5, U.S. Representatives Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) and Dave Trott (R-Mich.) introduced in the House the Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act, which creates a public-private stakeholder partnership to lay out a cybersecurity framework for medical devices.
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