Medical Devices
Researchers found that vulnerabilities for the software and firmware powering medical devices and other health IT applications increased significantly – and nearly four times as many of these vulnerabilities are being weaponized compared to last year.
It will provide 24/7 support and monitoring of critically ill patients.
Fifty-three percent of medical devices have vulnerabilities known to cybercriminals, says Mark Bowling of ExtraHop.
NEC will be deploying a fall detection and alert system.
In the future, a private 5G network could function like today's wired network connections, according to Shibu Thomas, the health system's chief technology officer.
AT&T's annual industry insights report revealed a shift in focus from consumer virtual care in 2022 to richer budgeting for tele-emergency medical services.
The company told the American Diabetes Association that the metabolic monitor could reduce down-the-line healthcare costs for T2 non-insulin users and others. "These trends have to change," says CEO Kevin Sayer.
Medtronic has released an update for a cybersecurity vulnerability that an unauthorized user could exploit to steal, delete or modify cardiac device data or to gain network access.
Applying the AI model could improve the speed to care for critically ill patients by almost two days, resulting in better patient outcomes and shorter hospital stays, say USC researchers in a new study.
BabySat, available via prescription, alerts parents when their baby's heart rate or blood oxygen saturation falls out of a prescribed range.
