Privacy & Security

(SPONSORED) Adam Brand, director of privacy and security at Protiviti, describes his work exploring medical device weaknesses, and points to two main areas of risk.

Data security professionals may not always be the most natural communicators, but they should learn to be if they want to achieve their mission, says Terry Ziemniak, chief information security officer at Carolinas HealthCare System.

Bruce James, director of cybersecurity architecture at Intermountain Healthcare, discusses its approach to identity and access management, explains its recent focus on patient-centered IAM systems and offers some best practices for other healthcare providers to follow.

Jane Harper, director of privacy and security risk management at Detroit's Henry Ford Health System, discusses the dangers of giving short shrift to risk management, which she says is evolving quickly as it feels the impact of consumerism.

Ed Ricks, VP and CIO at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, outlines current initiatives for his organization around data analytics, population health management and health IT security.

To fend off increasingly sophisticated ransomware, phishing and other malicious attacks, infosec professionals and software vendors can tap into ATD tools to more effectively share threat information. 

(SPONSORED) Canary Connect, Inc. is a video-driven home security company that helps consumers safeguard their home by sending alerts to an app on a smartphone when activity is detected. Chris Rill, a co-founder and CTO of Canary, speaks to the importance of product privacy and security as well as value of IoT Device Security Certification.

At a pivotal moment for healthcare, it's time to reform regulatory approaches, improve access to data for care coordination and establish a national patient ID, says John Halamka, MD, who offers some perspective to CMS and ONC on the future of MACRA, interoperability and more.  

There could be as many different wrap-ups on HIMSS17 as there were people there – over 42,000.

The action continues on day two of HIMSS17 with a Women in Health IT Roundtable, Cybersecurity Command Center presentations, and more.