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COVID-19-triggered threat changes will linger beyond crisis, say most security pros

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In advance of its now-virtual USA conference, the security event series Black Hat found that 94% of current and former attendees believe that COVID-19 increases the cyber threat to enterprise systems and data. Security in the COVID-19 Era. WHY IT MATTERS. Still, many people say they won't use them. ON THE RECORD.

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New Zealand Telehealth Services transfers to new cloud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Whakarongorau has been delivering free, government-funded, and round-the-clock national telehealth services across seven digital channels since 2015. It operates over 30 telehealth services, including support for COVID-19, mental health and domestic violence, with 12 clinical teams.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. As a result, it publicly promised that “ while the pandemic continues, Moderna will not enforce our COVID-19 related patents against those making vaccines intended to combat the pandemic.”

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Will NIH Learn from Myriad when Settling Its mRNA Inventorship Dispute with Moderna?

Bill of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is currently embroiled in a dispute over the ownership of patent rights to Moderna’s flagship mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). The NIH, which funded much of Moderna’s research on the COVID-19 vaccine, should be assertive in exerting control over the results of this taxpayer-funded research.

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

South Korea has been lauded as a role model in its containment and flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections through a combination of rapid intervention, extensive testing for the virus, contact tracing/surveillance and enlisting the public’s health, according to a report by The New York Times. Challenges. (1) Lessons learnt.

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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

HIMSS cancelled the conference just days before it was to commence… due to the great disruption of COVID-19. COVID is a terrible pandemic,” he noted as his team is, “learning our way through it. Fast forward to the COVID-19 era: an ecosystem where you take care settings outside the walls of hospitals into homes.

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How Intermountain Healthcare gets top marks for virtual care

Healthcare It News

Telehealth has been operationally implemented within Intermountain Healthcare since 2015, with pilots running for several years prior. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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