Two prominent medical device organizations have announced a new collaboration to advance medical device cybersecurity practices across the entire medical device lifecycle. The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Archimedes Center for Medical Device Security will work together to connect their networks of medical device and health technology professionals across the country.
“Cybersecurity is a major area of concern for medical device safety, and it’s an area where AAMI has been active and will be even more active in the future,” says Robert Burroughs, AAMI senior vice president of education. “Our collaboration with Archimedes will expand the reach of some of the world's leading experts in the area of cybersecurity and lead to new education offerings and resources that will drive patient safety. We welcome them as members to the AAMI community.”
AAMI is a nonprofit community of more than 9,000 professionals working to support the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective health technology. Founded in 1967, the organization is the primary source of consensus standards, both national and international, for the medical device industry, as well as practical information, support, and guidance for health technology and sterilization professionals.
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Archimedes was the first of its kind to bring together the different stakeholders from the medical devices industry — including healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers, security researchers, and regulators — for the purpose of solving security challenges. Housed at the University of Michigan’s Computer Science and Engineering department, the unique center is funded by 17 institutional members to support graduate students and train healthcare professionals to better integrate security engineering into medical device design, procurement, and operation.
Representatives at AAMI cite a growing focus on security across the medical devices industry as a major motivation behind the collaboration.
“There are a few things happening in the future that are really crucial for medical devices,” Burroughs said. “In an Internet of Things world, cybersecurity is already here today as an issue and it’s only going to grow in importance.”
The two organizations intend to connect their membership and stakeholder networks to work on advancing security practices for these life-saving devices. Potential outcomes of this initiative include a standardized healthcare and medical device security curriculum for manufacturers and health delivery organizations.
