HHS cyber task force seeks broader public input on identifying security challenges

The Department of Health and Human Services' cybersecurity task force is reaching out for broader public input to help identify the most effective and efficient ways to protect healthcare information in forthcoming recommendations to Congress next year.

The task force has been meeting for months, with two public hearings, and has now created a website to allow for written comments from health IT professionals and other stakeholders as the clock winds down on the Obama administration's involvement in the group....