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DeepMind Diagnostic AI ‘More Accurate’ Than Human Eye Specialists

DeepMind's algorithm outperforms human doctors in initial tests, but questions hang over the use of AI in clinical practice

6 years ago

Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy In Health Care Move

The purchase of US pharmacy PillPack is seen as a notice of Amazon's intent to establish itself in the healthcare…

6 years ago

Orangeworm Gang Stealing Healthcare Data Since 2015

Healthcare trojan found on X-ray and MRI machines after three year campaign by Orangeworm gang, Symantec warns

7 years ago

NHS Fixes Defaced Data Website

The defaced NHS England page had been displaying a hacker message for several days

7 years ago

MPs: A Year After WannaCry, NHS Must Take ‘Urgent’ Security Action

The NHS and the government have failed to act on lessons learned from the incident, Public Accounts Committee says

7 years ago

Post WannaCry, NHS Seeks New Cyber-Security Deputy

Government seeks candidate to lead £200m programme to sharpen cyber security resilience of the NHS

7 years ago

Innovate UK To Invest £6m Into Digital Health Projects

The UK's public innovation agency is to fund trials of digital technologies with the potential to 'significantly' improve healthcare

7 years ago

Welsh NHS Computers Back Online After IT Outage

Chaos for doctors and nurses in Wales this week, as IT failure hits at least half of GP services

7 years ago

NHS Gives Thumbs Up To Cloud For Medical Record Storage

New NHS Digital guidelines give broad approval to the use of cloud services for storing medical records - including facilities…

7 years ago

Terrafix To Provide NHS With In-Ambulance Mobile Data Systems

An £8.1m deal is to see the British mobile computing firm supply technology for communications between ambulances and control rooms

7 years ago

NHS’ Health And Social Care Network Goes Live With First Customer Crescendo Systems

Crescendo Systems, a digital dictation and clinical records management firm, has become the first customer on the new networking framework

7 years ago

The NHS Could Have Avoided WannaCry Attack, Says NAO Report

WannaCry ransomware attack made worse as NHS did not follow basic security recommendations

7 years ago

NHS Lanarkshire Blames Missing Patch For WannaCry Impact

Oops. Health board in Scotland admits WannaCry ransomware attack was down to vital patch not being rolled out

7 years ago

GCHQ Head: Cyber Threats Now As Dangerous As Spying

GCHQ must become a cyber organisation and make the protection of the 'digital homeland' part of its core mission, Jeremy…

7 years ago

McAfee: North American Healthcare Sector ‘Worst Hit’ By Malware

North America's health sector saw the most security incidents in a trend that has also seen health organisations disrupted acrosss…

7 years ago

Three-Quarters Of Local Government Departments ‘Hit By Malware’

Half of local government bodies said they've been affected by ransomware in the past year, with 76 percent hit by…

7 years ago

Ransomware Disrupts NHS Scotland Appointments & GP Surgeries

An as-yet undetected ransomware variant slipped through NHS Lanarkshire's defences and encrypted files, following disruption caused by Wannacry

7 years ago

‘Anonymous Hacker’ Claims To Have Stolen 11 Million NHS Records

The hack was carried out to warn patients that their personal data is being exposed, according to an alleged member…

7 years ago

NHS To Receive £21 Million Cyber Security Boost From UK Government

Cash injection aims to protect NHS against future WannaCry-esque attacks

7 years ago

Data Sharing Is Needed For The Greater Good Even If It Compromises Privacy

OPINION: Roland Moore-Colyer believes access to data offers more benefits than it erodes privacy

7 years ago

NHS Doctors Sending Patient Data On Snapchat In Alarming Case Of Shadow IT

DeepMind Health report criticises 'insecure, risky, and non-auditable way of operating'

7 years ago

Royal Society: UK ‘Needs’ New Data Protection Watchdog

The Royal Society and the British Academy argue a new level of oversight is needed in a data protection landscape…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Government & Public Sector IT

What do you know about the government's relationship with technology, the failures and great innovations?

7 years ago

NHS Ransomware Attack Needs To Be A Wake Up Call For Government IT

OPINION: Legacy systems leave critical public infrastructure vulnerable to the dark side of the Internet

8 years ago

UKCloud Targets Health Sector With New Division

The public-sector cloud provider says shifting NHS trusts, private health companies and research institutions to the cloud can boost 'appropriate'…

8 years ago