On Cybersecurity and Medical Imaging

Dr. J. Anthony Seibert, PH.D., said in the RSNA News, May 2016: ” Some of the measures we take to prevent cyber threats also prevent us from getting instantaneous access to all the images we use to optimize patient care.” This is certainly true. Lack of healthcare network interoperability slows down even cross-departmental communications. There is risk versus benefit in every decision we make, human or technological.

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