Coronavirus pandemic the ‘perfect foil’ for cyber-attackers to target healthcare systems

By Jamie Bell

18 Mar 20

The coronavirus pandemic will highlight the need for healthcare organisations to prioritise cyber security during "peacetime", says an…

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The landscape of cyber security in the NHS – and how this has changed since the WannaCry attack in 2017

ByKeiron Holyome, McAfee

12 Mar 20

Since WannaCry, the NHS has only been hit by six successful ransomware attacks - compared with 203 in…

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OhMD makes text messaging platform free for US healthcare providers to help tackle coronavirus spread

By Jamie Bell

10 Mar 20

The SMS-based platform allows doctors to instantly and remotely communicate with patients, and send them important updates

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Man in the Middle attacks: The most common cyber security threat to healthcare companies

By Jamie Bell

21 Feb 20

A recent survey by Specops found the most common security breaches in healthcare are Man in the Middle…

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Machine learning can play a key role in diagnostics – but data must be properly utilised in this process

ByEmma Green, Practical Patient Care

20 Feb 20

Emma Green speaks to bioinformatics expert Nikolay Oskolkov about the potential for machine learning and deep learning to…

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UK healthcare recruiter ID Medical shares its predictions for the future based on the NHS Long Term Plan

By Jamie Bell

12 Feb 20

Technologies including AI, smartphone apps, wearable devices and even drones all look set to be integrated into the…

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How Saudi Arabia is transforming its healthcare system into a world-class, digitised service using BMC software

By Jamie Bell

15 Jan 20

Part of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud's vision for 2030 is for Saudi Arabia to have "the best…

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Integrating the latest technologies in critical care to make the most of available patient data

ByEmma Green, Practical Patient Care

10 Jan 20

Critical care - and the medical sector generally - is lagging behind other industries when it comes to…

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NHS given £40m to cut ‘ridiculous’ amount of time staff spend logging on to computer systems

By Jamie Bell

06 Jan 20

Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has pledged to invest £40m into NHS computer systems, creating more…

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Four types of medical robot leading the way in healthcare… they are taking over, but they’re here to help

By Jamie Bell

06 Jan 20

Analytics company GlobalData has outlined the four main ways medical robots are being used to improve standards of…

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