Chief Editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens wrote this editorial on the eve of the presidential election—an election that has been divisive, heated, and downright dramatic at times. But regardless of which candidate you supported (Spoiler alert: By the time you read this, you will know who the 45th president of the United States is.), one fact remains: The policies endorsed by the next POTUS could have strong implications for the healthcare sector.
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Every year around this time, we take a step away from latest news in HTM to recap the events of the previous 12 months. In 2015, you may recall, the spotlight was on the challenges of IT integration and cybersecurity, as well as nagging issues surrounding alarm management. What issues dominated the headlines in 2016? Read on to find out.
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On October 21, hackers took control of connected devices to bring down major websites, such as Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, and PayPal. Experts say this is the first time such an attack has originated from the so-called Internet of Things, and it exposes the vulnerability of our digital infrastructure, according to an AAMI report. For once in recent months, however, hackers seemed to have left the health care industry unscathed.
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The medical IoT is set to transform health care through smart medical devices; however, their success is in jeopardy if cybersecurity concerns are not addressed immediately, according to a recent report from ABI Research. According to its analysis, the market research firm believes that the millions of connected medical devices introduce dangerous new threat vectors into the health care IT infrastructure.
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The Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the FDA division that oversees medical devices, intends to focus on leveraging “big data” for regulatory decision-making and modernizing biocompatibility and biological risk evaluation of device materials, according to its 2017 regulatory science priorities list.
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