Internet of Medical Things devices can make care more mobile and automated, increasing accessibility while saving clinicians time and giving more information to healthcare organizations. However, the proliferation of these devices has led to a challenge for health IT leaders: ensuring that IoMT devices are secure.
To compound the challenge, people often plug in devices without checking with the IT team that they meet security requirements. And device manufacturers may be running on an outdated OS, leaving them vulnerable to attack.
In a conversation Friday at the CHIME23 Fall Forum, hosted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives in Phoenix, Tony Douglas, regional vice president for U.S. enterprise healthcare at Palo Alto Networks, and Dr. Zafar Chaudry, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Seattle Children’s, discussed the vulnerabilities created by IoMT device adoption and ways to better protect healthcare IT environments.
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