Physical hygiene in hospitals is an area of importance for obvious reasons.

What's less obvious is that IT hygiene of medical devices like ultrasound machines is also important. The Health Care Blog relates the following in a post:

I have heard 3 stories lately of entire hospital networks being infected by viruses that originated from medical devices like ultrasound machines. These devices are often on the network, but the CIO's team can't do things like add virus protection software to them because the manufacturer claims they're FDA regulated and can't be touched. This hasn't stopped them picking up viruses or being hacked via modem ...

An interesting area that illustrates how HIPAA regulations get connected with IT support.

Where else can folks discussion topics like this in the healthcare space? It turns out that HDI, the world's largest membership association for the service and support industry, is conducting quarterly Healthcare Forums. The next forum occurs September 14-16.

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Steve Shu