Medical Devices
Unsecured medical devices are putting patients at risk and IT shops are playing catch-up to find ways to make them more secure.
2015 was the year of the healthcare data breach. It was also the year where those in charge of protecting data found their moment in the spotlight. As some of the most in-demand professionals around, chief information security officers are on the front lines of a challenging new era.
From cybersecurity to HIPAA compliance, medical devices to BYOD, there was lots to learn this week as more than 300 healthcare professionals gathered in Boston to tackle the technology and workforce challenges to protecting patient data.
When Robert Wachter, MD's new book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age, hit the market recently, it inspired us to highlight just a few of the many practicing physicians who also are compelled to write in addition to maintaining a demanding clinica
HX360, a new HIMSS initiative, attracted healthcare executives with education sessions, live demonstrations and virtual reality gaming.
