Health IT

DHS kicks off $6B cyber program, the death of the cloud has been greatly exaggerated and more

August 26, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Internal Pentagon presentation details civilian workforce cuts – “The Pentagon is considering dismissing more than 5,000 civilian workers if sequestration continues into the coming fiscal year–which begins Oct. 1–according to internal documents obtained by Bloomberg.” The Pentagon is looking at a […]

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How DHS Views Security, EHR adoption fueling health information exchange

August 23, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Study: EHR adoption fueling health information exchange – “Health information exchange between hospitals and other providers increased 41 percent between 2008 and 2012, according to recently published research from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.” This jump […]

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Advancing Genomics Through Big Data Studies: An Interview with Dr. Mark Guyer of NIH

August 11, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Bob Gourley Genomics is a critically important discipline in contemporary biomedical research that takes a comprehensive approach to determining and understanding the structure and function of DNA to advance our understanding of life and our ability to make lives better for all. For IT professionals we can contribute to this domain through Bioinformatics. Bioinformatics, […]

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Mobile, cloud computing are source of most healthcare security worries, Reverse auctions to help slash costs and more

July 11, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Survey: Mobile, cloud computing are source of most healthcare security worries – ‘The study, “The Risk of Regulated Data on Mobile Devices & in the Cloud,” which surveyed 781 IT and data security practitioners, found that 33 percent of respondents said […]

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Medical devices vulnerable to hackers, 2013′s biggest security snafus and more

July 3, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff image via mobihealthnews Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Medical devices vulnerable to hackers warns FDA – “In a recent safety alert, the FDA has officially outlined these potential vulnerabilities and incidents that could directly impact medical devices or hospital network operations[.]” Security is key in any […]

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3D printing facial implant, online orders delivered in fifteen minutes and more

April 8, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Marcus Williams Today’s cyber news we are tracking: 3D printing facial implant, Receiving online orders in less than 15 minutes, AV world rankings, and more. Technology has reinvented itself again. A British restaurant manager was diagnose with a cancerous tumor growing on the left side of his face. He was referred to a surgeon […]

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GitHub hires government focused employee, Companies want Lawsuit Shield to share Cyber Threat Data and more

March 7, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. GitHub hires first government-focused employee – GitHub has recently announced the hiring of their first government focused employee. GitHub offers social coding, which opens the development process. “former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow Ben Balter will join its team to focus […]

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The Evolution Of Technology Is Forever Changing Our Lives

March 4, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Marcus Williams Today’s Cyber News: Recently a home urinalysis test was introduced. FDA approved the use of robots to perform surgery. Using a handsfree device is not a good alternative for a cell phone. and more… The Evolution Of Technology Is Forever Changing Our Lives Recently a home urinalysis system (test) was introduced to […]