The recent Webinar Wednesday session “The Contractual Cure for Cybersecurity Pain: The Power of Medical Device Negotiations” was sponsored by Claroty. It was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
The webinar was presented by Medigate by Claroty Industry Principal-Healthcare Ty Greenhalgh, Ascension Director of Cybersecurity Skip Sorrels and Illumina Senior Staff Product Security Engineer Emily Holmquist.
The easiest way to reduce medical device cyber risk? Don’t add it. Many healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) fail to clearly assign liability of risk during the device assessment stage of procurement. The Model Contract-Language for Medtech Cybersecurity (MC2) suggests cybersecurity terms and conditions of medical device procurements and servicing between HDOs and MDMs. MC2 includes 14 core principles and 50-plus pre-negotiated clauses aligned with industry standards and best practices to address the security safeguards of medical devices.
MC2 represents a groundbreaking joint effort between MDMs, HDOs and group purchasing organizations to collaboratively ensure patient safety. The recommended language, already agreed upon by prestigious organizations in the industry, is intended to approximate a starting place.
The webinar received a top ranking from attendees with 4.1 score out of 5. It is the highest presenter rating so far this year!
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that asked, “What was your single biggest takeaway from today’s webinar?”
“Honestly, thinking about medical device vulnerability from the contractual, pre-purchase perspective is new to me, so the concept opens up a whole new way of thinking for me. That was the number one takeaway, but secondly is that, as mentioned by Skip, you just have to jump in and bring what you know to the party, then gain experience in evaluating and helping non-technical folks evaluate,” said Todd Magers, Solution Architect-Network Optimization, AHNAT.
“The importance of patience safety between manufacturers and endorsers and that the two working together as a team will help close the gap and improve safety along with reliability,” said Lorie Johnson, certified biomedical technician, LPCH.
“Being aware the FDA is looking more into cyber security with medical devices,” shared Garrett Rausin, certified biomedical technician, Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center.
The webinar is available for on-demand viewing at WebinarWednesday.live.
