King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services—which encompasses 26 acute-care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, and 42 outpatient facilities across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.K.—has become the latest victim of a vicious cyberattack.
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An MD and chief medical officer discusses the technology challenges of making information quickly available to doctors while maintaining HIPAA compliance.
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MedCrypt Inc. announces that Liberate Medical has chosen MedCrypt’s API to help secure Liberate’s VentFree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator, a medical device which may reduce the number of days adult patients require mechanical ventilation, including patients with COVID-19.
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The Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 stands to give HTM professionals more access to manufacturer data needed to repair medical devices. Some say that’s good; some say that’s bad. 24×7’s associate editor Melanie Hamilton-Basich investigates here.
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A patient in critical condition died after a cyberattack shut down all operations at a hospital.
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