Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, which asked the healthcare sector for feedback on how to improve the cybersecurity of legacy medical devices, has received some very strong opinions on the subject.
[ Read More ]As many as 1,000 patients suffered harm from medical devices hit by a cybersecurity attack, according to a new survey of executives of device manufacturers and provider organizations.The survey, conducted by researchers at the University of California San Diego, is scheduled for publication in an academic journal. The results were announced by Christian Dameff, M.D.,
[ Read More ]The stream of recent advisories is helping to draw more attention to the importance of addressing device security, many security experts say.Since April, DHS’s Industrial Control Systems Emergency Response Team has issued about a half dozen alerts advising healthcare entities of cyber vulnerabilities in equipment ranging from medical imaging systems to patient monitoring gear.The intensifying
[ Read More ]The proposed voluntary program is for review of “software-as-a-medical-device” products, or SaMD – software that is “intended to treat, diagnose, cure, mitigate or prevent disease or other conditions.” Today, such software faces the same regulatory review as medical device hardware.Examples of SaMD range from software that allows a smartphone to view images obtained from a
[ Read More ]Orangeworm is targeting the sector and associated vendors for what Symantec researchers believe is to conduct espionage on the industry.
[ Read More ]Virtua Memorial Hospital and vendor Bernoulli worked together to nearly eliminate respiratory depression alerts, enhance care and lower costs.
[ Read More ]The device manufacturer acquired St. Jude Medical last year and has since been working to fix severe vulnerabilities found in its pacemakers. Abbott released its second and final round of planned cybersecurity updates to its pacemakers, programmers and remote monitoring systems to fix severe cybersecurity flaws in the devices.The patch will update the battery performance
[ Read More ]The Food and Drug Administration has issued plans – some of which will require Congressional approval – for enhancing the safety of medical devices. Those include several proposals for advancing cybersecurity, including imposing new requirements on device manufacturers.
[ Read More ]The FDA is requesting Congressional funding and authority to create a medical device cybersecurity response team, a public-private partnership that can respond to incidents and investigate attacks. The team would be part of a $70 million request to advance digital health technology.
[ Read More ]The LINX system uses a ring of titanium beads containing magnets that is placed around the lower esophagus to help prevent acid reflux.
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