US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 3
Change Healthcare registers pulse after crippling ransomware attack Remaining services are expected to return in the coming weeks after $22M ALPHV ransom Cyber-crime08 Mar 2024 | 2
Oracle Cerner system implementation risks future patient deaths, coroner warns Doctors voiced concern over lack of Red-Amber-Green rating system, says report Databases29 Feb 2024 | 12
Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach Emergency impacting more than 100 facilities appears to be caused by incident at software provider Cyber-crime14 Feb 2024 | 1
NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach SaaS13 Feb 2024 | 28
US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare Code might get things wrong for patients but we must think of the corporate profits AI + ML09 Feb 2024 | 10
Ignore Uncle Sam's 'voluntary' cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril Interview What is on HHS paper will most likely become law, Google security boss says Cyber-crime05 Feb 2024 | 12
Lurie Children's Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack It's the second Chicago hospital to disclose a major incident in the same week Cyber-crime05 Feb 2024 | 9
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface outfit Neuralink tests its tech on a human Controling prostheses? Mr X imagines an app for that Science30 Jan 2024 | 69
Your pacemaker should be running open source software Opinion Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery OSes12 Jan 2024 | 52
COVID-19 infection surge detected in wastewater, signals potential new wave US, Netherlands, Germany all show spikes while UK no longer collects data Science09 Jan 2024 | 166
Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform Research warns not to make the same mistakes as other electronic patient record systems Databases05 Jan 2024 | 18
Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency Rapid unscheduled disassembly not exactly a desirable quality for medical imaging equipment Bootnotes21 Dec 2023 | 43
SEC charges ex-medtech CEO with fraud for selling plastic fake implants Sure, bogus blood tests are bad, but have you considered tricking doctors into embedded useless tubes? Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 14
Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 10
NTT Data to monitor ten million hotel guests and sell data about their sleep It'll be opt-in at a capsule hotel chain Personal Tech06 Dec 2023 | 14
Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs Mixing IBM's foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 2
Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir Updated Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead Databases01 Dec 2023 | 10
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts Databases22 Nov 2023 | 35
Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business Admits to taking phones used for 'code blue' emergencies offline and more Cyber-crime20 Nov 2023 | 13
UnitedHealthcare's broken AI denied seniors' medical claims, lawsuit alleges Post-acute care algorithm allegedly comes up short 90% of the time AI + ML15 Nov 2023 | 38
Ransomware crooks SIM swap medical research biz exec, threaten to leak stolen data Advarra probes intrusion claims, says 'the matter is contained' Cyber-crime01 Nov 2023 | 6
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 40
Cat accused of wiping US Veteran Affairs server info after jumping on keyboard Exclusive US govt confirms outage, leaves feline in quantum state of uncertainty Public Sector05 Oct 2023 | 96
Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy Databases29 Sep 2023 | 14
MOVEit breach delivers bundle of 3.4 million baby records Progress Software vulnerability ID'd in enormous burglary at Ontario's BORN Cyber-crime26 Sep 2023 | 7
SAP user group calls for support deadline reprieve amid hospital billing worries Schedule is unrealistic... it takes 2 years just to tender, protests board member Databases06 Sep 2023 | 13
NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8
Bad software destroyed my doctor's memory Column Design this bad should sicken developers – but it's the rest of us who end up feeling queasy Software16 Aug 2023 | 136
Google, you're not unleashing 'unproven' AI medical bots on hospital patients, yeah? Senator won't be PaLMed off as web giant eyes up healthcare industry AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 11
Cigna sued for using software to deny healthcare insurance claims It's just some if-then statements, no AI here, insurer sniffs Applications26 Jul 2023 | 31
Pangolin-inspired robot can roll around your guts administering treatments Flexing device works where surgeons find hard to reach Science22 Jun 2023 | 4
Oracle Cerner bleeds jobs as Veterans Affairs project stalls Health acquisition freezes recruitment after $10 billion contract put on hold Databases16 Jun 2023 | 13
Lantum S3 bucket leak is prescription for chaos for thousands of UK doctors Updated Freelance agency exposed personal details that would be highly valuable in the wrong hands Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 12
Healthcare org with over 100 clinics uses OpenAI's GPT-4 to write medical records The doctor, and their steno-bot, will see you now. Then see another patient quickly because they don't have to stop and scrawl notes AI + ML06 Jun 2023 | 38
Individual data platforms for all health providers under controversial NHS plans Procurement under threat of legal action imagines trusts will tailor systems for their own use cases PaaS + IaaS31 May 2023 | 11
The future of digital healthcare could be a two-metre USB cable Comment Try showing a remote clinician your injured foot without one Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 75
AI menaces superbug by identifying potent antibiotic Take that, Acinetobacter baumannii! You may hide on hospital doorknobs but you can't outrun binary brainboxes AI + ML26 May 2023 | 16
ChatGPT can't pass these medical exams – yet Maybe letting AI models loose on patients ain't a great idea, prof tells us AI + ML24 May 2023 | 33
Keir Starmer's techno-fix for the NHS: Déjà vu disaster or brave new blunder? Opinion Beware over promising benefits and underestimating complexity Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 138
NHS England spends £8M to extend Microsoft deals by a month Updated Good day at the Office for Windows giant as nurses still fight for pay raises PaaS + IaaS18 May 2023 | 52
VA, Oracle's Cerner agree on renegotiated health records contract Long, costly wars not the only thing US government good at getting stuck in Databases17 May 2023 | 4
AI to detect heart attacks tested in the land of the deep-fried Mars bar Scotland's emergency rooms don't always have the resources to make good diagnoses under pressure AI + ML12 May 2023 | 24
VA's Cerner EHR platform fails to deliver medications to veterans Messy system is forcing VA pharmacies to work overtime to deal with poor IT, committee told Databases11 May 2023 | 4
Study: AI can predict pancreatic cancer three years ahead of human doctors We chat to one of the Harvard Medical School researchers involved AI + ML09 May 2023 | 8
Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves Ransoms, investigations, and breach-related lawsuits are hitting companies in the wallet, law firm says Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 6
What does an ex-Pharma Bro do next? If it's Shkreli, it's an AI Dr bot Martin, for it is him, tells El Reg: 'We've looked around for a real LLM-powered chatbot' AI + ML20 Apr 2023 | 33
Is Neuralink ready for human brain implants? Allegedly so We're sure Elon will be first in line as a test subject Science27 Mar 2023 | 30
Hospital to test AI 'copilot' for doctors that jots notes on patient care The hope? Reducing piles of admin for clinicians freeing them up for medical work AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 25
UnitedHealth's buyout of UK's EMIS could reduce competition: UK watchdog NHS could also be hit with higher prices as a result of the merger, CMA argues in initial investigation Software20 Mar 2023 | 9
BianLian ransomware crew goes 100% extortion after free decryptor lands No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that Cyber-crime19 Mar 2023 | 7
Zoll Medical says intruders had 1M+ patient, staff records at their fingertips Names, addresses, SSNs all up for grabs Security13 Mar 2023 | 3
US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too Cyber-crime09 Mar 2023 | 8
UK consortium set to bid for £480 million NHS data platform Syndicate wants to see health service 'stay in control' in face of fierce competition from Palantir Databases28 Feb 2023 | 26
Now IBM Watson Health, sorry, Merative decimates staff And jobs shift offshore, says source Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 14
This won't hurt a bit: Amazon now a US healthcare provider Updated Closes takeover of One Medical, has your shopping habits and medical info Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 36
Tech job vacancies hamper England's digital health plans £1.1M ambition to recruit 10,000 pros 'inadequate' says committee Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 45
UK health department contracts 'critical friend' for £480m data platform As IT spending drops below promised billions, there's always room for those offering the right kind of feedback Offbeat10 Feb 2023 | 8
IBM health benefits blackout leaves retirees footing the bill Medical payments expected to resume ... soon? Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 37
UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm Databases06 Feb 2023 | 23
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter Systems30 Jan 2023 | 38
Artificial pancreas successful in type 2 diabetes tests Cambridge researchers say 89 percent of study patients reported spending less time managing their condition Science18 Jan 2023 | 29