AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo

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Thwarting Medical Device Hackers: a Case Study (Room CC, Hall AB-Booth 850)

Due to a Homeland Security warning about potential hacking vulnerabilities involving a particular type of infusion pump, the C-suite at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital asked Clinical Engineering, along with the IS Network and Security departments, to place all of these devices on a network access control list. The goal was to ensure these pumps only communicate with the intended servers and negate the threat. Find out how the multidisciplinary team worked with a vendor partner to develop and implement the solution.