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November 4, 2024

From Science Fiction To Telemedicine: the surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment

Reprinted: The Conversation, 8-10-2024 In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometres away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in The Lancet medical journal suggested physicians use the telephone to cut down on unnecessary patient visits. As the telephone and telegraph spread, the idea of telemedicine – literally “healing at a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet connectivity, Internet of medical things - IoMT, Pandemic, Telemedicine

March 24, 2022

Three-quarters of infusion pumps vulnerable to cyberattacks

Three-quarters of infusion pumps have security flaws that make them more vulnerable to cyberattacks. In addition, 52% are susceptible to two risks disclosed in 2019, with one ranked as critically severe and the other as highly severe. This is what Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, a team of security analysts that research cyberthreats, found when analyzing more than 200,000 pumps on the networks of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Infusion Pumps, Internet of medical things - IoMT, Internet of things - IoT

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