Book Description

Connected Medical Devices At Risk explores the health benefits of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) as well as the evolution of the security risks that have accompanied the benefits and what we can do to protect ourselves. Topics include: Increased Expansion of Medical Devices Darker Side of High Demand Medical Devices Our Data Centric World The Digital Underground A Matter of Life, Death, and Data The Medical Device Regulatory Landscape The Hospital’s Dilemma The Lessons Learned from Tracking COVID19 Defending the Industry (Instead of the People) What Corporations Can Do What Individuals Can Do Internet connected medical devices are becoming more common for treating and monitoring injury and illnesses. The US industry for Internet connected medical devices has been growing by roughly 25% since 2018 and is expected to reach over $63 billion by 2023. The convenience of these devices comes with hidden dangers, both to our health data and to our very lives. The benefits to patients affects the considerations that doctors and hospitals make to heal us, but as healthcare providers increasingly implant internet connected medical devices, there is a potential for weaponizing the devices to kill us. It’s something that potentially can affect all of our lives, which makes it critical to explore these risks now before the problem gets out of control. Unfortunately, along with the benefits of IoMT have emerged hidden dangers. What are the dangers? The greatest danger related IoMT is the high barrier of entry to truly disrupt the healthcare industry and to change the way disease is treated. There is a threshold for the speed at which anyone can execute on delivering these innovative solutions to a population and industry that so desperately need change. This book explores the importance of balancing the introduction of innovation with appropriate regulatory compliance such that we can ensure the delivery of the safest products.