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Philips Launches Integrated Cybersecurity Services to Protect Connected Medical Devices

by Jasmine Pennic 11/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Philips Launches Integrated Cybersecurity Services to Protect Connected Medical Devices

What You Should Know: - Philips partners with CyberMDX, a leader in connected medical device security, to provide vendor-neutral solutions to protect connected medical systems and devices. Philips, today announced the introduction of the Philips Cybersecurity Services for seamlessly integrating and enhancing strategic security solutions for Philips customers. The Philips Cybersecurity Services comprise an end-to-end suite of technologies and services to
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Israeli Digital Health Startup G Medical Innovations Withdraws $30M US IPO

by Jasmine Pennic 11/25/2020 Leave a Comment

Israeli Digital Health Company G Medical Innovations Withdraws $30M US IPO

What You Should Know: - Israeli-based G Medical Innovation has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, Nasdaq first reports. - The company originally filed an IPO to raise $30 million by offering 5 million shares at a price range of $5 to $7 last month to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GMVD. - The recent withdrawal marks the company's second attempt to go public in the US, previously filing in May 2019 and withdrawing the following August. The company
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Social Distancing for Medical Devices: 5 Steps to Clinical Network Segmentation to Thwart Cyber-Attacks

by Leon Lerman, Cynerio CEO and Co-Founder 06/25/2020 Leave a Comment

Do We Know When Medical Devices Fail?

Leon Lerman, Cynerio Co-Founder and CEO Since the beginning of 2020, cyber-attacks have spiked by 300%. As members of the world's most targeted industry, healthcare organizations like hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and distributors of medical equipment are more at risk now than ever.  Even if an attack isn't directly targeted at connected medical (or, Internet of Medical Things: IoMT) devices, it can spread through a hospital’s internal network and infect equipment used to diagnose and
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FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Programs Surpasses $50M in Funding

by Fred Pennic 05/20/2020 Leave a Comment

FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers

What You Should Know: - To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 132 healthcare providers across 33 states plus Washington, DC for a total of just over $50M in funding.  The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 43 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.  The seventh set of healthcare providers in both urban and rural areas of the
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Why Now’s the Time to Use Connected Health Devices for Diabetes Prevention

by Charlotte Puechmaille, Director of Strategy, New Health Businesses at Withings 05/15/2020 Leave a Comment

Why Now’s the Time to Use Connected Health Devices for Diabetes Prevention

Charlotte Puechmaille, Director of Strategy, New Health Businesses at Withings It’s no secret that chronic disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, taking up 90 percent of healthcare spending in the United States. For the last several years, there has been a rise in discussions and research around the promise of connected health devices helping manage and prevent chronic conditions as well as healthcare spending. However, today a number of factors are coming together to make that
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GE Healthcare Unveils Medical Device Cybersecurity Offering for Hospitals

by Jasmine Pennic 02/25/2020 Leave a Comment

GE Healthcare Unveils Skeye

- GE Healthcare introduced a new medical device cybersecurity service to help hospital groups fight against cybersecurity risks. - The offering, entitled Skeye, blends industry expertise, AI and process management tools to augment hospitals’ existing resources and capabilities by providing proactive monitoring through a remote security operations center – helping them detect, analyze and respond to cybersecurity threats and events in real-time.  GE Healthcare has introduced a new
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3 Healthcare Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2020

by Kayla Matthews 01/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2020

The healthcare industry frequently struggles with data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents. That's likely because cybercriminals know the value of medical data. It's also problematic that healthcare information often gets passed between multiple parties and organizations, some of which may have insufficient security practices.  Attacks from malicious actors aren't ceasing, which means healthcare cybersecurity must remain a priority in 2020. But, what, specifically, should parties
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5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know

by D'Arcy Gue, Director of Industry Relations at Medsphere Systems Corporation 07/18/2019 Leave a Comment

5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know

It’s a fact. The more bandwidth-intensive connected medical devices and mobile devices our hospitals deploy, the more we are straining our health IT infrastructures. Something has to give. Many communications leaders see 5G technology’s real-time high bandwidth and lower latency access as powerful new technology features that are needed to expand healthcare applications’ capabilities and the functioning of medical devices, robotics, and mobile devices. Some say 5G will be transformative. Others
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Only 15% of US Consumers Used A Telecare Service in Past 12 Months

by Fred Pennic 07/15/2019 Leave a Comment

Only 15% of US Consumers Used A Telecare Service in Past 12 MonthsOnly 15% of US Consumers Used A Telecare Service in Past 12 Months

 As consumers integrate connected devices and services ever more deeply into their lifestyles, they bring the same expectation and desire to their health and wellbeing. New research from Parks Associates reveals 15% of US broadband households have used a telecare service in the past 12 months. The new report quantifies the adoption and use of consumer wearables and other connected fitness devices and evaluates consumer usage patterns and desire for new features.It also examines the growing
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3 Challenges of Healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) Performance Testing

by Maxim Chernyak, Head of Test Automation & Performance Testing Lab at A1QA 05/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Is Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) on Par With the IoT Market as a Whole?

There’s no doubt that the internet of things (IoT) creates a new technological ecosystem in healthcare, helping organizations manage bottlenecks in care and bridging the gap between patients and providers. The list of applications for connected devices in hospitals keeps growing from real-time staff tracking across facilities to ensuring preventive equipment maintenance and 24/7 patient vitals monitoring in ER and resuscitation departments.But care delivery doesn’t stop after discharge. A range
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