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Search Publications by: Gavin W. O'Brien (Fed)

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Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps

December 19, 2018
Author(s)
Gavin W. O'Brien
This bulletin summarizes the information found in NIST SP 1800-8: Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps in Healthcare Delivery Organizations which discusses the cybersecurity risks associated with medical devices, such as infusion pumps, which -- in today’s

Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps in Healthcare Delivery Organizations

August 20, 2018
Author(s)
Gavin W. O'Brien, Sallie Edwards, Kevin Littlefield, Neil McNab, Sue Wang, Kangmin Zheng
Medical devices, such as infusion pumps, were once standalone instruments that interacted only with the patient or medical provider. However, today’s medical devices connect to a variety of healthcare systems, networks, and other tools within a healthcare

Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices

July 27, 2018
Author(s)
Gavin W. O'Brien, Nate V. Lesser, Brett Pleasant, Sue Wang, Kangmin Zheng, Colin Bowers, Kyle Kamke
Health care providers increasingly use mobile devices to receive, store, process, and transmit patient clinical information. According to our own risk analysis, discussed here, and in the experience of many health care providers, mobile devices can present

A Framework for Testing Distributed Healthcare Applications

July 13, 2009
Author(s)
Robert D. Snelick, Leonard E. Gebase, Gavin W. O'Brien
We present an architectural framework for supporting conformance and interoperability testing among distributed healthcare systems. Healthcare organizations such as hospitals employ information systems that are composed of multiple, distributed