The information security service SecureWorks, which protects 82 healthcare companies in the United States, reported Tuesday that attempted hacker attacks aimed at its clients doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The United States Navy has enlisted the ECRI Institute to help advise its procurement, use, and maintenance of medical equipment at all Naval hospitals worldwide.
Royal Philips Electronics posted net income of €260 million ($368 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, spurred in part by the company's healthcare products.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thinks healthcare information technology has a bright future. But he also recognizes that the sector’s innovation is seriously lagging behind other technologies.
Venture capital investment in healthcare has exceeded that for information technology for the first time, according to new statistics released Friday.
Close on the heels of a letter sent to several IT infrastructure companies this past fall, in which he investigated “complaints and/or concerns” he’d received about electronic medical records, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has issued another missive to 31 American hospitals.
