AI-designed drug to treat deadly disease now tested on humans Software may find solution to terminal idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis AI + ML24 Feb 2022 | 5
Western Australia Health taps SAP and Deloitte for AU$220m SaaS HR system over 10 years Now, don't do a Queensland Databases04 Feb 2022 | 9
AI tool finds hundreds of genes related to human motor neuron disease Breakthrough could lead to development of drugs to target illness AI + ML19 Jan 2022 | 1
Microsoft sends HoloLens 2 into a care home... Nope, not a headline gag about retiring the tech. They actually did this Hands-free kit a 'game changer' for doctors assessing residents during pandemic Bootnotes19 Jan 2022 | 4
Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone* * And a passerby who happened to be a doctor Bootnotes06 Jan 2022 | 64
Diagnosis confirmed: Oracle has a case of healthcare cravings, bought Cerner for $28.3bn as the cure Deal will see Cerner's systems shifted to the Big Red Cloud and medicos given hands-free voice interface Applications21 Dec 2021 | 11
Cerner, a company that scooped more than £100m in NHS deals in a year, is in Oracle's crosshairs Updated Big Red targets health records specialist Cerner in $30bn takeover bid Databases17 Dec 2021 | 8
Reg readers: Don't assume anything when sharing health data Register Debate Debate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies Science15 Oct 2021 | 21
Sharing medical records with researchers: Assumed consent works in theory – just not yet in practice Register Debate The UK shows us how not to run an opt-out approach Science14 Oct 2021 | 31
I'm diabetic. I'd rather risk my shared health data being stolen than a double amputation Register debate You want my medical records? Good, take them – now find me a cure Science13 Oct 2021 | 110
Patients must know how their health records are used – and approve any sharing for research Register debate Who really benefits from 'secondary use' of your medical data? Science12 Oct 2021 | 44
Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients' data Royal Free Hospital saga continues as representative action brought Legal30 Sep 2021 | 15
US drug watchdog green-lights first prostate-cancer-predicting AI software Computer vision tool mildly helps doctors identify potentially cancerous cells AI + ML30 Sep 2021 | 5
Why tell the doctor where it hurts, when you could use emoji instead? 👨 say 🖼️ speak a thousand words when it comes to 🩺 🤒 Offbeat09 Sep 2021 | 105
Trial of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes begins: She plans to say her boyfriend and COO Balwani abused her Judge asks prospective jurors whether they have experience with intimate partner violence Science01 Sep 2021 | 62
Facebook pulls plug on mind-reading neural interface that restored a user's speech Updated Stroke victim 'talks' for first time in 16 years, but The Social Network can't see a route to market AI + ML15 Jul 2021 | 25
Algorithm used to predict sepsis in hundreds of US hospitals isn’t as good as maker claims — study Developer hits back at researchers’ ‘hypothetical approach’ AI + ML23 Jun 2021 | 18
UK's Health Department desperately seeking service provider to run IT after 'cloud-first' shift Updated Service desks, end user computing, networks... you know the drill. Tens of millions of pounds up for grabs SaaS23 Feb 2021 | 27
Want to let an AI-powered doctor loose on patients? Try slapping a food-label-like sticker on it, says Uncle Sam Action plan to regulate machine-learning software in 2021 revealed AI + ML13 Jan 2021 | 7
Study: AI designed to detect diabetic eye disease blinks in the real world, makes more work for doctors Some software errs on the side of caution too often, it is claimed AI + ML12 Jan 2021 | 24
UK, US hospital computers are down, early unofficial diagnosis is a suspected outbreak of Ryuk ransomware Updated We've switched to back-up offline procedures, says Universal Health Services Security28 Sep 2020 | 38
SF tech biz forks out $146m in fines, settlements after painkiller makers bribed it to design medical software that pushed opioids to patients Practice Fusion pocketed kickbacks for crafty alerts and drop-down menu Software31 Jan 2020 | 30
Is your computer doctor secretly a racist? Two US senators want to find out the truth Garbage in, garbage out AI + ML04 Dec 2019 | 46
Your kids will be glad a UK government-funded robot will be changing your nappy and not them Rise of the Machines That's the idea behind £34m investment in autonomous care for elderly research Bootnotes28 Oct 2019 | 54
Oh good. They're looking for an NHSX CTO. Hopefully they'll see off 'snake oil' pushers, says GP Never mind the AI, Hancock. I just want to turn my sodding computer on, mutters another Legal25 Oct 2019 | 34
Would you open an email from one Dr Brian Fisher? GP app staff did – and they got phished Director's account hijacked in what biz believes to be an attempted ransomware attack Security24 Oct 2019 | 52
Despite billions in spending, your 'military grade' network will still be leaking data You can't patch stupid Security30 Aug 2019 | 43
We know you all want to shove AI where the sun doesn't shine. And that's exactly where it's going – detecting prostate cancer Your wish come true, thanks to these US neural net boffins AI + ML17 Apr 2019 | 25
UK health tech quango strikes Gould, reckons digital policy wonk has NHSX-factor to run org Body plans to stick data experts on cancer, mental health teams Legal05 Apr 2019 | 5
How AI could help docs spot mums who hit the sauce too much while creating their version 1.1 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosed by code, eventually, maybe, if accuracy improves AI + ML28 Feb 2019 | 4
Healthcare billing biz AccuDoc 'fesses up to breach that blabbed 2.65m people's data Names, addresses, social security numbers exposed Security29 Nov 2018 | 9
If it doesn't need to be connected, don't: Nurse prescribes meds for sickly hospital infosec BSides Manchester Pro shares healthcare horror stories Security23 Aug 2018 | 19
Brit spending watchdog brands GP Primary Support Care a 'complete mess' When outsourcing goes bad! NHS England and Capita blamed On-Prem25 Jul 2018 | 51
Um, excuse me. Do you have clearance to patch that MRI scanner? Israel Cyber Week Healthcare regulations working against cybersecurity, claims expert Security19 Jun 2018 | 75
Would you rather health data or finance data in the cloud? Hint: health outspends finance outfits two to one, but all vertical IT is heading cloudy. Fast SaaS15 Jun 2018 | 9
AI is cool and all – but doctors and patients don't really need it According to the American Medical Association at least AI + ML15 Jun 2018 | 21
'Computer algo' blamed for 450k UK women failing to receive breast screening invite Up to 270 women may have died of cancer as a result, admits Brit health minister Software02 May 2018 | 64
$50 add-on can turn your mobe into a less misanthropic House MD Gizmo ideal for diagnosing disease in remote areas Science25 Apr 2018 | 13
Medic! Orangeworm malware targets hospitals worldwide Hacking campaign goes after care providers and equipment Security24 Apr 2018 | 29
Oh, baby! Newborn-care website leaves database of medics wide open Health Stream, are you out there? The guy that found your data leak wants a word Security20 Apr 2018 | 4
Beware! Medical AI systems are easy targets for fraud and error You can fake diagnoses with adversarial examples AI + ML19 Apr 2018 | 17
Surprise! Wireless brain implants are not secure, and can be hijacked to kill you or steal thoughts Science-fiction horror trope now a reality in 2018 Security18 Apr 2018 | 48
Boffins score gene bonanza: EU countries pledge to share one million genomes by 2022 Cross-border databases to tackle fragmentation, speed drug R&D Legal11 Apr 2018 | 6
Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable WannaCry was a wake-up call for healthcare, but the sector is still terribly vulnerable to attack Security11 Apr 2018 | 63
Need a needle in an artery? Move over, doc, there's an app for that Boffins find smartphones more accurate than humans Science03 Apr 2018 | 20
'Repeatable sanitization' is a feature of PCs now New HPs can survive 'repeated germicide wipes', but disclaimer says they can't cure anything Personal Tech06 Mar 2018 | 31
Ayyy-EYE! Google code 'predicts heart disease' by eyeballing retinas Eye see what you did, there, machine-learning boffins AI + ML21 Feb 2018 | 12
Billionaire bros Bezos, Buffett become bonkers bio brokers: Swap W in AWS for H for healthcare I'm gonna do to doctors what I did to bookstores! On-Prem30 Jan 2018 | 45
NHS: Thanks for the free work, Linux nerds, now face our trademark cops Devs quit, suggest Britain's health service bosses used them to bag Microsoft deal OSes18 Jan 2018 | 145
Think tank: Never mind WannaCry, update NHS IT systems for RoboDoc Group says UK healthcare isn't benefitting from advances in AI AI + ML11 Jan 2018 | 14
Millions of moaners vindicated: Man flu is 'a thing', says researcher, and big TVs are cure Calls for safe spaces with comfy recliners to speed recovery Science12 Dec 2017 | 93
Hardly anyone uses Australia's My Health Record service Signature policy has cost AU$1.7bn, looks rather sickly Legal29 Nov 2017 | 26
UK.gov told to tread carefully with transfer of data sets to NHS Digital It’s almost as if it doesn’t have a great track record on patient info and IT projects... Legal20 Nov 2017 | 23
US authorities swallow security-free script for pill that knows when you're off your meds Sensor in pill, bluetooth patch on arm, app in phone ... and crossed fingers nothing leaks Legal16 Nov 2017 | 25
Hey, IoT vendors. When a paediatric nurse tells you to fix security, you definitely screwed up VB2017 Jelena Milosevic says what we're all thinking Edge + IoT05 Oct 2017 | 33
Amazon 'mulls' deeper health tech invasion with stealth skunkworks Analysis E-marketplace giant looks to levy Alexa success for consumer healthcare Science28 Jul 2017 | 2
Google unleashes 20m lab-created blood-thirsty freaks on a city. And this is a good thing, it says Infected sterile males will help kill off the population Science17 Jul 2017 | 53
Bupa: Rogue staffer stole health insurance holders' personal deets Names, phone numbers, emails released into the wild Security13 Jul 2017 | 14
Blue Cross? Blue crass: Health insurer thought it would be a great idea to mail plans on USB sticks Sure, teach people it's OK to plug in random drives Security12 Jul 2017 | 24
WannaCry prompts promise of extra cash towards NHS security UK.gov pledges transparency in long-awaited response to data and consent reviews Legal12 Jul 2017 | 14
Ubuntu 'weaponised' to cure NHS of its addiction to Microsoft Windows Special report Take 750,000 smartcards, millions of PCs, mix in a week-long hackathon On-Prem30 Jun 2017 | 302