As healthcare providers work to assure they comply with the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule, we believe they should keep a close eye on the potential for cybercrime, aimed both at the facility and their patients. So does HRS, which noted that devices from hospital-room infusion pumps to pacemakers use wireless internet and network connectivity. Researchers and hackers have shown that networked devices — including some approved by the Food and Drug Administration — can be vulnerable to threats. Just last month, two cybersecurity experts made headlines when they said they had found security weaknesses in Medtronic pacemakers that made them hackable.
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