Transcript IEEE Piscataway, NJ

Wireless and Mobile
Technologies for Healthcare:
Ensuring Privacy, Security,
and Availability
Thomas Jepsen
Chair,
IEEE-USA Medical Technology Policy
Committee
March 22, 2010
What is the MTPC?
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional
organization with over 365,000 members worldwide
IEEE – USA began as United States Activities
Committee in 1973 to focus on policy issues specific to
the USA
The Medical Technology Policy Committee (MTPC)
provides a central focal point to bring the many interests
of IEEE-USA to bear on national policy issues such as
health care and wellness. The primary objective of the
MTPC is utilizing the professional and technical
knowledge of IEEE members to assist in the rational
formulation of medical technology legislation, regulation,
and policy.
Current Activities - 2010
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Policy Issues:
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Interoperability for the NHIN
Privacy and Security for NHIN
Wellness and Prevention
Design for Use
Quality of Healthcare Data
Conferences:
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Privacy and Security for Wireless in a Healthcare Environment –
IEEE/AMA Conference, Washington DC, March 22, 2010
Sixth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical
Engineering, Brooklyn, NY April 1-3, 2011.
Current MTPC Healthcare-Related
Position Statements
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Addressing the Health and Care Needs of Persons With Disabilities
With Assistive Technology (Nov. 2009)
Design for Use Issues in a Health Care Environment (Nov. 2009)
Increasing Science and Engineering Representation on U.S.
Government Advisory Entities Concerned with Health-Related
Issues (Feb. 2009)
Interoperability for the National Health Information Network (Nov.
2009)
Nondiscrimination in Employment Based on Genetic and Other
Health Information (June 2008)
Patient Safety: The Role of Information Technology in Reducing
Medical Errors (Nov. 2008)
Technologies for Addressing the Health Care Needs of Our Aging
Population (Nov. 2009)
Presenters
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Neil W. Buckley, Partners Health - "Managing Wireless
Medical Device Security Challenges in Today's
Enterprise HealthCare“
Donald Witters, Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration – “Building
Pathways to Safe, Secure, and Reliable Wireless
Healthcare”
Kevin Stine, Computer Security Division, National
Institute of Standards and Technology – “NIST’s Role
in Securing Health Information”
Thank You!
Contact Info
Thomas C. Jepsen,
IEEE-USA Medical Technology Policy
Committee
[email protected]
Phone: 919-933-0377