Respondents were most concerned about risks associated with Internet of Things (IoT), medical devices, third-party vendors and program development/management, according to the CAPP Conference Survey Results.
Emergency visits climbed to a record high of 145.6 million patients in 2016, the most recent year available, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An online audit of websites has found that consumer-facing U.S. government websites rank highest in security and privacy while healthcare comes in last.
Hackers can access a patient’s 3-D medical scans to add or remove malignant lung cancer, and overwhelmingly deceive both radiologists and artificial intelligence algorithms used to aid diagnosis, according to a new study.
The Opioid Detection Challenge, a $1.55 million USD global prize competition, has been launched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
Under NH Project FIRST “quick response teams” of first responders will visit an individual at home after an overdose call and offer to connect them with services at their local treatment center.
Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) has introduced legislation to curb rising rates of workplace violence facing health care and social service employees such as nurses, physicians, emergency responders, medical assistants, and social workers.
A study from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Technology Assessment projects that the opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S. is likely to increase in coming years.
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