Cybersecurity and Privacy

Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine to build trust in virtual healthcare environments and public-private sector collaboration.  

CitiusTech claims that most genAI proof of concepts is delayed due to the lack of trust.

Also, SELVAS Healthcare will be bringing to South Korea a foreign contender to the booming AI-based medical imaging market.

Despite the hype, this buzzing AI will still have to prove its worth for Asia's cautious hospitals, says one health tech vendor.

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and cohost of CancerX, highlights ONC's annual meeting and how data with interoperability, privacy and security protections can fundamentally change oncology outcomes.  

Iain Paterson of WELL Health Technologies and Yotam Negev of Cyera highlight the most successful and devastating ransomware attacks in 2023 and the frameworks necessary to ensure security protection for patients and vendors.

Cybersecurity officers are up against well-equipped adversaries like crime syndicates, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera. AI can help automate and improve cybersecurity tools if adequately implemented.  

Identifying unusual behavior internally is crucial, says Dan Draper, founder and CEO of CipherStash. Encryption-in-use technology can help providers by protecting data and ensuring security for individual, sensitive records.

Health systems' cybersecurity infrastructure is only as strong as its weakest third-party vendor, says chief healthcare officer at Ordr Wes Wright, and government should fund cybersecurity because it requires systems to have a digital footprint.

Gina Bertollini, partner at law firm K&L Gates, discusses the ways healthcare providers can safeguard health information from threat actors and the importance of preparing for an inevitable security breach.