Medical Devices

In 2023, 35% of third-party breaches affected healthcare organizations with application security presenting the broadest attack surface, according to a new cybersecurity analysis of the largest healthcare companies.

Interestingly, young physicians see more risk to it than their senior counterparts.

The surgical robotic system has also been introduced in Nepal for the first time.

Also, Japan has put up an online directory of health facilities offering childbirth services across the country.

The latest report from the Productivity Commission notes the "slow" uptake of remote care technologies despite wide availability.

New partnerships with Mayo Clinic and Memorial Hermann Health Systems will bring Zipline's autonomous home-delivery service to Houston, Jacksonville and Rochester, Minnesota.

Cyberattackers have been shifting to strategies where legitimate tools commonly installed on desktops and servers are abused for malicious purposes. To fight back, knowledge is power.

Despite the highest agency user fees on record, and granted new authorities to reform and accelerate medical device and biologics approvals, representatives questioned delays in getting products to patients faster.

Also, IHH Healthcare is now offering AI-based sleep monitoring solutions.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, ARPA-H, seeks to scale hospitals' cybersecurity capacity by automating patch deployments across networks and medical devices, speeding the time from vulnerability detection to software updates.