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BrakTooth - The BrakTooth vulnerabilities were first made public on August 31, 2021, after being discovered by the ASSET Research Group. This new family of security vulnerabilities, found in commercial Bluetooth Classic stacks for various System-on-Chips (SoC),uses the Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR…
New COVID-19 vaccine strategies to reach people still not vaccinated are under development.
A coalition of hospital and physician organizations, including the AHA, urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to give Medicare accountable care organizations the option to use pre-pandemic spending benchmarks to set financial targets beginning in performance year 2022.
The AHA, joined by the Federation of American Hospitals, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Kentucky Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association and Tennessee Hospital Association today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and rectify a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that will…
Health-ISAC and Microsoft have partnered together to deliver a new medium to discuss notable vulnerabilities patched in the recent Patch Tuesday update.
Ransomware remains a major threat to the health sector worldwide, with many healthcare organizations operating legacy technology with limited security resources.
Joining Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA is Dr. Nirmaljit Dhami, the medical director of the inpatient perinatal psychiatry at El Camino Health; and Dr. Alpa Shah, director of the Perinatal Mental Health Clinic at Marshfield Clinic Health System.
This edition of Hacking Healthcare begins by breaking down some of the latest government actions related to ransomware.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an initial document intended to assist jurisdictions across the country in planning for the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines to the pediatric population. The document provides initial information pertaining to…
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association shows a range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions can be an important tool for keeping financially struggling hospitals open and preserving access to care, among other key benefits…