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In a recent HIMSS survey of nearly 300 healthcare leaders and information security officers, 87% of respondents reported that cybersecurity had become a higher priority at their organizations over the last year. Two thirds of participants also stated that their facilities had lately experienced a significant security incident.

Although incidents of cyber attacks are on the rise, healthcare has lagged behind other industries when it comes to implementing security measures. In two sessions at the AAMI conference in Denver on June 6, speakers urged attendees to confront the issue directly.

A workshop scheduled for May 21–22 in Bethesda, Md, is intended to provide medical device manufacturers with industry best practices to achieve compliance and effectively assure medical device software safety.

The importance for hospitals of developing effective cybersecurity protocols was underscored by the multiple news reports last week of a data breach at the University of Washington Medical Center. The breach resulted from an email containing malware.