Martin Everette, Petersen Erika, Shah Jarna R
College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
J Pain Res. 2025 Jun 24;18:3101-3106. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S506509. eCollection 2025.
Data privacy and cybersecurity should both be seriously considered for all devices that interact with our patients. There is little education of patients and clinicians about the cybersecurity and privacy of implanted medical devices, and these considerations are likely not part of informed consent discussions. The FDA has made efforts to remedy this, including releasing suggestions on how best to counsel patients and updating industry cybersecurity considerations, however they are not currently legally binding.
In this online survey, we assess the awareness, understanding, and interest of clinicians implanting neuromodulation devices in the topics of cybersecurity and device privacy.
Clinicians were limited in their familiarity and awareness of these topics. The majority of responders do not counsel their patients on device cybersecurity and only sometimes counsel them on data privacy.
Patients and providers may have limited knowledge of data privacy and cybersecurity in implanted medical devices and further education should be undertaken to promote the impact of these issues.
对于所有与我们的患者互动的设备，数据隐私和网络安全都应得到认真考虑。患者和临床医生对植入式医疗设备的网络安全和隐私了解甚少，而且这些考量可能并非知情同意讨论的一部分。美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）已努力对此加以补救，包括发布关于如何最好地向患者提供咨询的建议以及更新行业网络安全考量，但这些目前并无法律约束力。
在这项在线调查中，我们评估了植入神经调节设备的临床医生对网络安全和设备隐私主题的认知、理解及兴趣。
临床医生对这些主题的熟悉程度和认知有限。大多数受访者不会就设备网络安全向患者提供咨询，仅有时会就数据隐私向患者提供咨询。
患者和医疗服务提供者对植入式医疗设备的数据隐私和网络安全可能了解有限，应开展进一步教育以提升这些问题的影响。
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