The Webinar Wednesday presentation “Every Byte Counts – Why Device Detail is the Foundation for Effective Network Security” was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI. Medigate by Claroty sponsored the free webinar.
HTM professionals are tasked with determining the best controls to secure networked connected medical devices. In this webinar, Medigate Solutions Engineer Greg Thomas and Cisco Healthcare Business Solutions Architect Johnathan “Ross” Sweetzir discussed the risks posed from the explosion in connectivity between the cyber and physical worlds.
The best practices in asset management and security are converging around a healthcare-specialized approach to Zero Trust or Least Privilege. In other words, “limit each device’s communication to that which is required to complete its designated function.”
In this webinar, the presenters explained this complex topic into basic, understandable components. They shared the challenges, requirements and solutions essential for HTM professionals to successfully implement this crucial control.
Attendees were also able to ask specific questions during a question-and-answer session. One question was, “How can this joint solution help reduce the cost of managing our medical devices?”
The complete webinar with all of the question-and-answer session is available for on-demand viewing at
WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the question, “Why did you attend today’s webinar?”
“CEUs and to keep up with the constantly changing medical field,” said Lorie Johnson, certified biomed technician at a Stanford Children’s Hospital
“Continuously learning more about cybersecurity,” Hoag Hospital Newport Beach Biomedical Engineering Manager Joseph Trujillo said.
“To work with IT on medical equipment cybersecurity,” Nebraska Methodist Hospital Biomed Risk Compliance Manager Paul Collett said.
Utilization of Security Tools
The October 12 Webinar Wednesday presentation “Exploring the Utilization of Security Tools in a Complex Healthcare System” was presented by HSS Network and Cybersecurity Analyst Dylan Winthers and Cynerio Security Evangelist Chad Holmes. The HSS-sponsored webinar was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
Winthers discussed best practices, strategies and projects to better secure data in a health care environment. Attendees gained insights regarding the importance of a security program and how to recognize challenges. The webinar also delivered information about the tools for success and an outline of a successful security program.
During a question-and-answer session, one attendee asked, “If we’re just getting started with securing medical devices, where should we start?”
The presenters said, “make sure, as you’re going through the exercise of discovering all the devices, make sure you understand how that will extend to protecting them, because just an inventory, without clear next steps, is something where you know the devices that will be attacked. You just don’t know how to protect them.”
The complete Q&A session is available as part of an on-demand recording of the webinar at
WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback about the webinar via a survey that included the question, “What was the single biggest takeaway from today’s webinar?”
“The importance of protecting hospital and patient information,” Crothall Health Biomedical Tech David Scott said.
“Despite much effort on the biomed’s part, hospitals and IT departments are not using them properly for cybersecurity,” Advent Health Senior Biomed Robin Faut said.
“Covered information we are working with, so I feel we are on the right track,” said Lino Munoz, BMET II, Trimedx.
Replacement Planning
The Webinar Wednesday session “Challenges of Clinical Equipment Replacement Planning – An Objective and Simple Approach” sponsored by Nuvolo was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
Nuvolo Vice President of Healthcare Industry Solutions Heidi Horn, Nuvolo Executive Solution Consultant Dustin Smith and Nuvolo Product Manager Olga Leskova-Benitez were co-presenters for this informative session.
Determining which clinical devices need to be replaced, when they need to be replaced, and which equipment are higher priorities for replacement over others has long been a challenging process for HTM departments. If your HTM department is like most, you’re probably using spreadsheets to create a list of clinical equipment replacement priorities in a mostly subjective process that takes weeks of work to complete and then quickly becomes outdated. It doesn’t have to be that hard.
Working with HTM leaders, Nuvolo has developed a new application for its Connected Workplace for Healthcare solution called Capital Planning. Nuvolo Capital Planning uses objective criteria in the CMMS to help instantly identify clinical equipment replacement priorities and provides the visibility needed to sort through thousands of clinical devices and see which ones should be budgeted for replacement first.
Attendees gathered additional insights during a question-and-answer portion of the webinar. One attendee asked, “What if my hospital has different criteria, it wants to use in setting the equipment replacement priorities?”
The Nuvolo trio was quick to reply saying that the feature for that process can easily be customized to fit the facility’s needs.
The complete Q&A session is available in a recording of the webinar that is available in the Webinar Wednesday on-demand library at WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the question, “How would you describe Webinar Wednesday to a colleague?”
“The webinar series can fill the gap between old and new technologies,” said Tedd Koh, MET, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.
“Webinar Wednesday is an excellent source of networking and education,” shared Christopher Rodriquez, MSET II, UHS of Delaware.
“Webinar Wednesday gives you quick, easy access to HTM ‘hot topics’ and product releases that are directly applicable to everyday work,” said Carol Davis-Smith, president of Carol Davis-Smith Associates.
“Up-to-date learning tools for our growing field,” Stanford Children’s Hospital Certified Biomed Tech Lorie Johnson said.
MRI Coil Insights
The Webinar Wednesday session “MRI Coils: Failure Analysis and Strategies to Minimize Support Costs” was popular with healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals. The webinar offered free registration thanks to a sponsorship from Innovatus Imaging. The webinar was also eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
Innovatus Imaging Director of Commercial Operations Ted Lucidi, CBET, and team memebrs shared failure analysis data from over 3,600 MRI coil repairs spanning the most popular coil models.
Attendees were presented with root cause analysis data on how specific coil models fail, gained insight into minimizing common failures and learned some quick troubleshooting techniques so that costly repairs can be minimized. The Innovatus Imaging team included experts from its coil operations, and they addressed specific questions presented by attendees during the live webinar. A recording of the webinar is available for on-demand viewing at WebinarWednesday.live.
This session covered an overview of MRI coils, methodology, root cause analysis of top-10 coil models, crunching the numbers, six strategies to minimize failures and costs. Attendees left with valuable knowledge including an understanding of frequent modes of failure, how to determine best practices for troubleshooting coil problems and how to develop a strategy to reduce support costs and downtime.
During the question-and-answer session, one attendee asked if they should worry about coils that are covered under contract?
The complete Q&A is available in the on-demand webinar at WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the question, “Was today’s presentation worth your time?”
“Yes, early identification of equipment failure is essential to managing maintenance costs,” said David Green, systems designer, Square One Industries, Texas.
“Yes, worth my time. I can refresh my knowledge about the MR coils,” Guery Diaz, CEO, VEMPA, Panama.
Find on-demand sessions and upcoming webinars at WebinarWednesday.live.
