Overview
1 = There are many health policy resources easily available online. The federal Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) is one example of this. Review the website of this entity http://help.senate.gov/. Look at each of the tabs and note the type of information you have access to. Pick one of the archived recordings of a hearing (as found on the "Hearings" tab) and watch. Provide a 1 to 2 page summary of your impression of this tool. Were you aware that you could access this information? How might this be helpful for you in the future?
2 = A Brief Chronology of Medical Device Security
https://libcatalog.atu.edu:443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=egs&AN=118436920&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Medical Device Security - A New Frontier
Medical_Device_Security-A_New_.pdf
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/digitalhealth/ucm373213.htm
The resources listed above are good to inform on the issues related to medical devices and security. Use these three resources as a basis for your discussion this week: Share your thoughts on the potential impact of hackers on medical devices. What can be done to help secure such devices? What an impact technology has made on medicine!
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