In 1989, the first ransomware attack targeted the healthcare industry. Joseph L. Popp, a Harvard-trained biologist and AIDS researcher, handed out 20,000 floppy disks labeled “AIDS Information—Introductory Diskettes” at the World Health Organization AIDS conference. The disk contained a dormant mali
L’Oreal coined the term “ patsumer ” — a patient-consumer — to give expression to the emerging phenomenon of informed patients who are equally consumers of healthcare and medical interventions. With the internet at their fingertips, patients are increasingly more empowered with knowledge about their
In urgent medical cases, timely treatment is vital, and it depends on accurate information about the treaty. Care providers, especially EMS, and clinics, traditionally have relatively disconnected systems, which makes it challenging to exchange critical data in real-time. Such a lack of
