...understand how other nations deal with medical care, people familiar with the Anthem investigation said.” You’d think it would be easier for the Chinese to go to a few conferences, meet a few executives and learn a few things first. Then maybe they could do a ‘deal deal’ with an insurer on their IP, or bring them into China on a JV. With so many services for sale from the thundering horde of data analytics companies and multiple middleware providers, write a check already. But that would destroy the Fun of Hacking! How the FT could actually print without a... Continue Reading
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IoT’s biggest problem? Communication of Things.
...inability to communicate with each other. Apparently, Jason Hope is very trusting -- and particularly of host companies that will connect the information aggregated from devices, maybe that privacy protecting powerhouse, Google? This is a classic example from tech history of 'ready, fire, aim.' Laurie Orlov Donna Cusano Laurie, in a way that may be IoT's salvation--if devices can't communicate with each other, the hacking will have trouble spreading. (s/o) With all the talk of hacking and the Biggest Hack of All, EMPs (electromagnetic pulse as a weapon), perhaps the best investment is a pre-1990s car with no computer chips!... Continue Reading
The intent is good, the name–Hackfest–is unfortunate (Updated)
Richard Kastelein The word Hack in Hackathons and Hackfests is not just about coding. The life hacking movement is about hacking life. There have been hackathons and hackfests around design, transgender issues, comedy and more that have little to do with code necessarily. Most hackathons and hackfests are also populated by academics, designers, UX and UI specialists, entrepreneurs and strategists who make up part of the teams who participate. The raised eyebrows don't come from anyone under 30 usually and this is what the millennials and youth call short term innovation events that are gamified. They are hack events. Get... Continue Reading
Hackers hit another Blue Cross, put 10.5 million members at risk (Breaking)
...our mathematicians: Anthem has millions of non-BCBS members) Chinese hackers are suspected in the Anthem breach. FierceHealthPayer broke the story, in this Editor’s estimation, to the healthcare trade area. Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Excellus message to policyholders. The NBC/AP report also has a video interview with Eugene Kaspersky of the eponymous anti-virus software (and whose Kaspersky Lab was also a hacking victim earlier this year) Updated via the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: FireEye is becoming the ‘go-to’ security company for health organization breaches–Excellus hired them in the wake of the Anthem breach and they discovered the vulnerability facilitating the breach.... Continue Reading
Is wearable IoT really necessary–and dangerous to your privacy?
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/is-your-journey-neccessary_.jpg” thumb_width=”150″ /]But does the average person even care? This Editor senses a groundswell of concern among HIT and health tech regarding the highly touted Internet of Things (IoT) and the dangers it might present. Our previous article reviewed the possibilities of hacking, system vulnerabilities in IoT networks and software bugs ‘bricking’ everyday objects such as refrigerators and cars. But what about wearables and the unimaginable amount of data they generate? Is it as unidentifiable as wearables makers claim? Columbia University computer science student Matthew Piccolella focuses in his article on healthcare ‘things’, primarily fitness trackers like Editor Charles’... Continue Reading
Is IoT really necessary–and dangerous?
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/is-your-journey-neccessary_.jpg” thumb_width=”150″ /] With the news full of health data security breaches, your Editors have also worried about medical device hacks that could threaten life. Back in May 2014, we noted Essentia Health‘s info security head deliberately hacking their own devices to find the security holes (which he drove a truck through), the concern on Dick Cheney’s defibrillator as far back as 2007 and other devices being agents of murder (postulated by the late Barnaby Jack). Multiple computer assists and internet connectivity are everywhere now–in our cars, home security, smart appliances and more. Except that they are all highly... Continue Reading
Australian military health data went straight to China: report
...overseas to Afghanistan and special forces commandos who went on to be deployed to Iraq. Luxottica has since lost its contract with principal contractor Medibank Health Solutions. Both Medibank and Defence have had a lot of ‘splainin’ to do with the Government. According to the SMH, “the revelations raised particular concern within the Defence establishment because of China’s extensive involvement in state-sponsored hacking and cyber-espionage, with Beijing showing a particular interest in accessing personal records of government workers in the US.” A ‘twin-spin’ of Data Insecurity: healthcare and military! Hat tip to Malcolm Fisk of Coventry University via LinkedIn updates.... Continue Reading
Telemedicine: critical massing or déjà vu, dear Humans, too?
...the full story from patients, whether telemedicine or on a visit, is difficult in sensitive areas ranging from food consumption to sexual problems to medication compliance and of course, feelings of sadness and depression. A 2009 study found this was true to up of 29 percent of adults. EHR hacking has also entered the frame, with 13 percent of adults reluctant to give a doctor full information due to the logical fear of hacked hospital records. When given the chance, nearly half of patients chose to limit access to their EHRs. Perhaps more empathetic anonymity is just what the doctor... Continue Reading
‘Déjà vu all over again’ or critical mass? NYTimes looks at older adult care tech
...bulky boxes of years past, is also finding a place in medical practices’ Medicare chronic care management (US); more states demand of insurers that telemedicine and telehealth are reimbursed. There is more out there, getting more adopted. The look forward may be the nebulous IoT (Internet of Things) with the corresponding dangers of hack, hack, hacking. But Joseph Coughlin of MIT’s AgeLab wraps it up en pointe in saying that it’s not just the physical; there needs to be a purpose in life for that older person as well. Technology, while not a fountain of youth, can make aging safer.... Continue Reading
Weekend Must Read: WSJ’s experts sketch out future healthcare
Fortunately not paywalled on the Wall Street Journal‘s site is The Future of Health Care: Hacking, Hospitals, Technology and More, a view of Healthcare and Us out to about 2030. Most of these ten short essays give cause for optimism, except for that first one–hacking. If you thought PHI breaches were bad, DNA hacking will make that look benign. ‘The Experts’ include Robert Wachter, MD [TTA 16 April, author of ‘The Overdose’], Dr John Sotos who was medical adviser on ‘House’, David Blumenthal of the Commonwealth Fund, Marc Agronin of Miami Jewish Health System and Dr Drew Harris of Thomas... Continue Reading
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