‘Cybersecurity has become a full-time job’ in healthcare
As the nature of the threat evolves, there are calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to create a cyber leader in the form of an elevated chief information security officer.
Security flaws leave J&J insulin pumps vulnerable to hacking
J&J, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, sent a letter to patients last week from its Animas subsidiary acknowledging three security vulnerabilities first brought to the company's attention six months ago.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
What should healthcare do about its cybersecurity problem?
Healthcare might want to take some cues from the financial industry.
Report: Healthcare cybersecurity growing by 13.6% annually as hospitals play catch-up
That estimate comes from a new, lengthy and pricey report by research firm Frost & Sullivan on the U.S. market for hospital cybersecurity.
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Predictive modeling and analytics underlie AI, new iPhone will have dual-lens technology and Lenovo introduces smartphone with augmented reality built in.
Healthcare orgs complacent as hackers get more sophisticated
“The healthcare industry is under attack,” said Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute. “But it really hasn’t moved the needle all that much.”
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
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Plus, MIT programmers have developed a tool to find bugs in Web applications fast and improved digital banking technology may be the death knell for physical bank branches.
MedStar hackers offer ‘bulk discount’ to release ransomware
The hackers are said to be demanding more than $18,000 in bitcoins to unlock the computers. Still, MedStar reportedly was "nearing full restoration" of its three primary IT systems late Wednesday afternoon.
Cerner systems ‘not penetrated’ in MedStar hack
Cerner, which provides EHRs across MedStar's network of 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient facilities, said that its technology came through unscathed. However, local reports suggest patients are being told not to come in today.
Ransomware said to infect computers of hospital website visitors
A security researcher blamed an outdated release of the Joomla content management system, making the hospital a "sitting duck."
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Report: Ambulances vulnerable to hackers
Using widely available scanning software, a security researcher in Spain recently found several thousand industrial vehicles, including ambulances, with unsecured communications hubs.
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Individuals are much softer for hackers targets than governments or major corporations, plus, will technology create a new "species" of super humans by midcentury?
Are connected medical devices a disaster waiting to happen?
Remember in July when the FDA issued an advisory warning of security flaws in Hospira's Symbiq smart infusion pumps? It apparently was a long time in the making, as "Hacking Healthcare," the cover story in the Nov. 16 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, chronicles.
China was, you know, totally benevolent in Anthem hack
We thought for months that China was behind the hackers who stole records from Anthem, Premera Blue Cross and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. We assumed they just wanted money or diplomatic leverage. Boy, were we wrong.