Like most business units at this time of year, biomedical and clinical teams will be reflecting on the last 12 months and trying, as best they can, to figure out what the new year will bring. Given the downward pressure on costs, increased intervention from state and federal regulators, and the explosion of new medical technologies, it's safe to say that the pace of change won't let up.

Like most business units at this time of year, biomedical and clinical teams will be reflecting on the last 12 months and trying, as best they can, to figure out what the new year will bring. Given the downward pressure on costs, increased intervention from state and federal regulators, and the explosion of new medical technologies, it's safe to say that the pace of change won't let up.

It's been a year since Spectre and Meltdown -- the hardware vulnerabilities discovered collaboratively by Google's Project Zero and others -- went public. Those vulnerabilities rightly garnered great attention as they and later exploits built in their image affected almost every contemporary CPU on earth.

Subject to stringent regulatory regimes with considerable legacy complications hindering new infrastructure, technology, or processes -- most hospitals are also saddled with significant bureaucracy, and a general fear of change. These facts contribute to a reality in which healthcare organizations are expected to be downright laggardly where it comes to modern business practices and supporting ...

Use of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in hospitals is growing. IP addressable medical technologies help deliver personalized care more quickly, give healthcare professionals access to real-time data to improve diagnosis and treatment plans, and streamline processes to help save hospitals money. But their wider use increases the risk of a breach and the complex environment in which they ...