Hospitals call for centralized cyber vulnerability reporting in response to FDA device safety plan

The American Hospital Association is calling for a central system for medical device manufacturers to report cyber vulnerabilities, a recommendation issued in response to the Food and Drug Administration's recently issued “action plan” for device safety.

The AHA in written comments generally supports the FDA plan, but calls for additional steps to secure devices against cyber attacks.

“Hospital and health system leaders recognize that data held by health care organizations is highly sensitive, as well as valuable, and are...