HHS Cyber Task Force Eyes Expanded Info-Sharing, Use Of Procurement Rules

HHS' task force on cybersecurity heard from an industry official on how to expand participation by healthcare providers in an info-sharing organization, discussed the role of procurement rules in identifying security vulnerabilities, and seemed to agree that additional standards are likely not needed. Jim Routh of Aetna gave a presentation on behalf of the National Healthcare Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or NH-ISAC, on how to expand participation in the group by healthcare groups, a goal that task force members...