Transportation is a barrier to healthcare, and rideshare company Uber wants to help people get to the doctor. Uber recently announced it is teaming up with healthcare organizations to provide transportation to and from medical appointments. Using a HIPAA compliant digital…
Cybersecurity attacks have impacted more than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent), according to research by Accenture and the American Medical Association (AMA). The findings show phishing was the most common type of cyberattack–cited by more than half (55…
For the first time, a medical study found that double-booked surgeries put patients at risk for serious complications, including infections and a need for follow-up surgery. The study looked at more than 90,000 hip operations in hospitals across Ontario, Canada finding that…
Space in shopping malls vacated by slumping retail businesses is being filled in a number of ways including large medical providers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The partnerships are largely considered a win-win for healthcare organizations and mall owners….
Four of every ten physicians in America are age 65 or older, and 40% of those doctors are actively involved in patient care, according to the American Medical Association. Concern over those older physicians’ mental states is prompting a growing…
A new cyberattack that spread across Europe and the U.S. last week was a type of ransomware very similar to the recent WannaCry outbreak, experts say. The attack, which security experts dubbed Petya (or Petrwrap), exploits the “EternalBlue” vulnerability developed by the NSA and…
There’s an axiom in the cybersecurity world that there are three types of people: those who have been hacked, those who will be hacked, and those who are being hacked right now and just don’t know it yet. When it comes to…
Sixteen hospitals and clinics were forced to cancel appointments and divert ambulances in England last week as a result of a massive ransomware attack, according to reports. The malware believed to be behind the cyberattack appears to exploit a vulnerability…
The threat of cyber attacks has become an everyday business reality. But when it comes to the assessments of cyber threats, costs and who’s responsible for a breach, C-Suite executives and IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) are not on the same…
By Chad Terhune | Kaiser Health News Nearly half of California hospitals received a grade of C or lower for patient safety on a national report card aimed at prodding medical centers to do more to prevent injuries and deaths….
