Recently, one healthcare provider handed us a list of 400 or so medical devices storing transmitting ePHI to their IT network. As it turns out, we uncovered 1,300 devices — 900 more than they knew about. It’s a common scenario as most healthcare facilities lack full understanding of the devices residing in their networks.
“Unknown” elements include pharmaceutical cabinets, imaging equipment and components, PACS workstations, and the list continues to grow as the medical industry becomes more integrated and new devices like iPads flood healthcare facilities.
Our extensive discovery process will unravel the mystery of which devices are impacting the network and patient data under your care. We perform a complete investigation of the medical devices spread throughout your organization: what and where they are, how they are configured, and how they integrate with your network. The knowledge we glean from this process serves as the foundation for your risk profile and mitigation plan.
We accomplish this by:
- Conducting a complete, on-site evaluation of all medical devices storing or feeding data into your organization’s IT network.
- Observing your security and device-specific environment.
- Obtaining and developing a centralized database for Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security (MDS2) forms for each individual device.
Device and Network Discovery is available as a stand-alone service and also part of the Safeguard Discovery, ePCore and ePPremier solutions.
