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H-ISAC Chief Security Officer Errol Weiss warns that individuals working on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are of "high interest" to adversaries. He'll discuss more at the upcoming HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.  

Raising digital maturity in the Middle East is a key focus in many GCC markets and HIMSS has therefore announced a high-level Dubai CIO Summit, on 23 January 2022, to drive regional and international exchange in support of ongoing digital maturity initiatives.

Although some schedulers reported positive experiences, the Office of Inspector General found a host of problems with the system's implementation.

Digital therapeutics, remote patient monitoring and SMART FHIR add up to boost outcomes and reduce costs.

Several outlets had pointed to Dr. Robert Califf, who also led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, as the likely candidate prior to the official announcement.

The collaboration between the UAE capital’s Department of Health and Novartis will be dedicated to cardiovascular diseases – a leading cause of death in the Gulf nation.

The hub will see the development of biomedical data processing tools and new techniques in meta-genomics. 

The thousands of potentially affected healthcare devices include anesthesia machines and patient monitors, according to researchers.

Maria Palombini, a leader at the IEEE Standards Association, discusses the work of four high-profile women in healthcare standards creation – and highlights what women bring to the process.

Tom Skelton, who has led the company since 2014, said he would be staying on through the end of next year and assisting in the search for his replacement.