Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Legacy Medical Equipment Presents Security Liability

Even though Congress passed cybersecurity requirements for medical device manufacturers in 2023, some devices that are beyond their lifespan in terms of updates and support are likely vulnerable to attacks, according to MedTech Dive. Experts believe hospital systems still have plenty of unsupported legacy equipment in use, which may be overlooked because it’s still working well enough in everyday practice. It’s the lack of updates for the devices’ bespoke software that is most concerning because …

Urgent Care Beware: Healthcare is the Top Target for Cyberattacks

New data from IBM shows the healthcare industry was the top target of cyberattacks last year, outpacing financial services, manufacturing, and even government agencies. More than half of the attacks were the result of a healthcare worker innocently giving system access to individuals whose motives were not so innocent, or attributed to poor compliance with an organization’s own cybersecurity policies. At least 100 million healthcare records were compromised as a result in 2015. Such breaches …