MITER has developed a new report in response to the policy document, Cybersecurity is Patient Safety: Policy Choices in Healthcare, presented by Senator Mark Warner, D-Va. go out. The new MITER official report collects insights and recommendations for improving cybersecurity – and therefore patient safety – in the healthcare sector.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
The MITER Healthcare Environment and Cybersecurity Report covers the following areas:
- Improve our national cybersecurity risk posture in healthcare.
- Modernize regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA privacy and security rules, to strengthen cybersecurity protections.
- Developing a healthcare cybersecurity workforce.
- Improve the cybersecurity capabilities of healthcare delivery organizations.
- Preparedness and immediate response.
- Cybersecurity in the home healthcare environment.
The step-by-step report also includes links to relevant cyber frameworks and training resources.
MITER says that as a federally funded nonprofit research organization, its technical and subject matter experts bring “a unique perspective to this space” in their work with government and healthcare stakeholders to help address threats and inform defense planning.
“They identify and embrace best practices for incorporating cybersecurity into healthcare environments, fortifying their organizations against cyberattacks, and supporting the development of security policies. new networks to address emerging threats.”
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
Cyberattacks aimed at shutting down hospital and healthcare networks for ransom or to steal protected consumer and health data have attracted the attention of policymakers. .
In the ring of fire are both healthcare organizations and technology companies like electronic health record provider NextGen, which was hit by both a ransomware attack in January and the recent discovery of the virus. Unauthorized access exposed the consumer data of more than a million patients.
Dave Bailey, vice president of security services at Clearwater, advises: “Once a cyber attack is confirmed, it is important for an organization to respond immediately and follow guidelines and procedures. effective feedback.
“Organizations should assume that a threat actor is active on the network, one or more accounts have been compromised, and data has been stolen,” he said. An important part of response and mitigation is identifying impacts and demonstrating that you are no longer under attack.” Healthcare IT News via email on Wednesday when asked about NextGen’s data breach.
“Health care organizations should build third-party risk management programs that create a tiered approach to risk-based provider assessment for patient safety.” Leading and high-risk providers must demonstrate that they have effective controls in place to protect patient information and enable organizational success and safety and quality outcomes ,” he said.
ON PROFILE
“Implementation of cyber hygiene measures is a shared responsibility between the federal government and the private sector,” MITER’s Data-Based Policy Center said in the report.
“Technologies that bring new innovations to the healthcare sector are evolving rapidly and attackers are becoming more sophisticated. The process of creating cybersecurity measures needs to be streamlined. reasonable and flexible to adapt to different clinical environments and different levels of expertise, resources, and computing power.These practices must also be designed so as not to inadvertently interfere with patient safety.”
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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