Risk Management

Addressing a risk in isolation that's actually part of an ecosystem raises the likelihood of a threat elsewhere, says Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD.  

Technological innovation can be an asset rather than a burden if developers listen to their frontline people, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

Such a plan is essential to ensure operations continue during a digital disruption, says Tony Black, global director of healthcare, privacy and digital transformation at Kyndryl.  

Medical device manufacturers are often late in making a patch available, allowing perpetrators to get a foothold into the system, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera.  

The rule limits short-term plans to no more than four months instead of the current three years as set under the Trump administration.

The INFRAM adoption model measures how well an organization infrastructure meets objectives of risk and performance requirements, says Philip Bradley, digital health strategist at HIMSS.

The partnership grows the portfolio of the clinical surveillance and life sciences side of the business, says Inovalon's Julie Lambert, president & provider GM, and Hayley Burgess, SVP for provider surveillance and safety.  

Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Cherish Health, said technology that can track people's movements inside the home has preventive benefits to move the dial on healthcare costs.  

Cybersecurity incident could have significant cascading and disruptive effects on revenue cycle and services by Optum, AHA says.

AI systems can summarize what's happening with a patient, but if the system makes up or omits information it can lead to catastrophic consequences, says Harjinder Sandhu, CTO of health platforms and solutions at Microsoft.