The theft of a computer containing information on more than 4 million patients of a major Northern California health care provider may be among the largest breaches of health care data in recent years, but it's far from the ...
Other
Nov 18, 2011
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A computer security invention patented* a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is now poised to help safeguard patient privacy in hospitals.
Software
Jul 8, 2010
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Our animal companions bring us joy and love us unconditionally. There is no question that our pet dogs and cats play an important role in our lives as companions.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 30, 2022
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Researchers from the Collaborative Research Center CROSSING at Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) have developed a solution that will ensure decades of safe storage for sensitive health data in a joint project with ...
Security
Nov 7, 2018
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Scanners applied in research use not just one antenna that emits and receives the signal, but several of them, which can cause severe burns to inner tissues and organs. Thus, researchers are forced to power scanners with ...
General Physics
Jan 25, 2021
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Fungal pathogens have a major global impact upon human health—they are often difficult to diagnose and treat, and there is an urgent need for better diagnostics and more effective antifungal treatments. Using newly developed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 20, 2022
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Like any large company, a modern hospital has hundreds – even thousands – of workers using countless computers, smartphones and other electronic devices that are vulnerable to security breaches, data thefts and ransomware ...
Security
Apr 25, 2018
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To speed development and adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) for pediatrics, a group of experts from industry, academia and government convened by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has focused ...
Other
Mar 6, 2013
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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have identified a yeast that could be used to prevent invasive candidiasis, a major cause of death in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. The study, published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 18, 2024
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