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Hardening Devices: A Critical Step to Greater Security in Your Healthcare IT System

With stories about ransomware attacks, security breaches, and device hacks looming in the headlines, healthcare organizations must invest in a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, according to Dell EMC healthcare strategist Susmit Pal. Solutions such as traditional firewall and antivirus protection, encryption, and sophisticated data analytics solutions aren’t enough as standalone solutions to mitigate risks of breach to an ever-expanding healthcare IT network.

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Global Medical Equipment Sector to Top $500B by 2020

The global medical equipment industry, which has been growing at a good pace in recent years, is expected to have a value of more than $500 billion by the end of 2020. Not surprisingly, the United States is the dominant region of the industry, followed by Europe and the Asia-Pacific. In the Asia-Pacific, China leads the industry, along with Japan and South Korea.

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Hitachi Announces Several MRI Installations

Hitachi Medical Systems America has installed several of its Echelon Oval 1.5T MRI systems with new Evolution 5 Software capabilities at community hospitals around the United States. Offering a 74 cm wide bore, the Echelon Oval is the widest available 1.5T MR system, according to Hitachi officials.

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MR Solutions Wins Global R&D Award for Preclinical MRI

MR Solutions is celebrating a research and development award recently received by its preclinical scanner, the MRS 7000. One of the recipients of the U.S.-based R&D 100 Awards, the compact MRS 7000 series is the world’s first 7.0 Tesla helium-free, preclinical MRI system; it can be combined with photo-emission CT and SPECT imaging modules.

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