ABSTRACT
As healthcare institutions around the world evaluate leveraging technology to improve patient care, the vast majority of devices and platforms under consideration leverage microprocessors and rely on being connected to some form of network. With the latest advances in AI and ML, there is a dependency on cloud based as well as on-premise Infrastructure. Medical and IoT devices play a prominent role in the automation and efficiency of patient care in the hospital as well as in the home care setting. These devices are increasingly being used in mission-critical and in some cases life-critical settings even though it is widely known that they often lack a fundamental cybersecurity focus. Healthcare delivery organizations (HDO) look to medical device manufacturers to design and adequately test the clinical efficacy and safety of medical devices while healthcare technology management departments are busy keeping up with mandates from the joint commission mainly around preventative maintenance and emergency management.
