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FeaturedWhat Hospitals Should Know About the Ryuk Ransomware Threat
An onslaught of cyberattacks targeting healthcare data is coming, federal officials warn. Providers are urged to step up their defenses.by Kevin JoyKevin Joy is the managing editor of HealthTech. He previously worked in content marketing for a major university health system and as a features reporter for the Columbus Dispatch. U.S. government agencies have warned… Read more
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How Digital Health Technology Can Help Manage The Coronavirus Outbreak
“Chinese health authorities say an outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness has sickened 305 people and killed five”… No, this is not an excerpt from a recent news report about the Wuhan virus, but it is actually one from a CNN piece from 2003 when the SARS outbreak was raging. There are many similarities between the… Read more
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Shortened URL Security
Shortened URLs, such as those from bit.ly and goo.gl, make it easy to type in a web address quickly but hard to tell where your web browser will actually take you. Before clicking a shortened URL, check for the full URL. Most URL shorteners—including those used at U-M—include a preview feature. If you aren’t sure it is… Read more
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Alder Hey Successfully LIVE with New NHS 111 First Solution via MEDITECH EPR
16 December 2020·3-min read First Trust in the North West to achieve the milestone Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool, UK) recently went LIVE with a new emergency department solution integrated into its MEDITECH Electronic Patient Record (EPR), enabling direct appointment scheduling from NHS 111, NHS 111 Online, and various national services. They are the first healthcare… Read more
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