Privacy compliance becomes urgent as emergency waivers sunset

Florian Podewski of Germany's Federal Ministry of Health cautions that health systems must prepare now for risks posed by deepfake technology, unsecured medical devices and quantum computing.

Peter Kolarov, Crayonic CEO, says the company is bringing digital identity tags to hospitals that use biometrics to authenticate clinicians seamlessly and automatically log them in and out of workstations based on proximity.

But continuity, confidentiality and compliance aren't the only imperatives hospitals and health systems need to manage when IT systems are down and workflows are suddenly paper-based, says Rebecca Romine, health law shareholder at Polsinelli.