For under $34, many Canadians can purchase a meal, see a movie or even buy a weekly bus pass. What most Canadian’s don’t know however, is that an average doctor’s appointment costs the province just under $34.
Read more at http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/05/18/akira-and-the-rise-of-telemedicine-in-canada/
Interesting article….
Apps that claim to be able to help with depression and other mental health issues aren’t uncommon, but it’s difficult to know whether they’re actually providing effective treatment. Now, researchers have looked to gain some concrete information as to how helpful an app can be for patients tackling anxiety and/or depression. The results of the study were positive, but they aren’t necessarily indicative of mental health apps as a whole, where a lack of regulation has made it extremely difficult to pick out software that can be trusted.
Read more at http://www.gizmag.com/catch-it-anxiety-depression-app/43321/
Ransomware is one of the fastest growing areas of cyber crime. The intended target is often small and medium sized businesses, because they have fewer resources compared with larger organizations. Historically, the root word ransom refers to a criminal demanding a payment in exchange for releasing someone or something that has been taken.
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/matthew-held/5-ways-to-protect-from-ransomware_b_9872320.html
Although many enterprises have user access security measures in place, both on-premises and in the cloud, they may not have enough, warned the Cloud Security Alliance in a new report.
The report, “Identity Solutions: Security Beyond the Perimeter,” was released April 21. It’s based on 325 online interviews conducted worldwide by the CSA. The findings revealed “no significant differences in security solutions used” between respondents who reported a breach and those who didn’t, according to the report, which was sponsored by Centrify, maker of identity security tools for the enterprise.
When asked in the CSA survey if their company had ever reported a data breach, 17% of respondents said yes, 26% said they were unsure, and 57% said no. Of those who said their company had reported a breach, 22% said the breach was caused by compromised credentials.
Read more at http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/identity-management-where-cloud-security-falls-short/d/d-id/1325238
As was summarized in this publication’s introduction to the first article in this two-part series on the ransomware crisis, published on April 18, ransomware has blossomed into a crisis-level phenomenon recently in U.S. healthcare. The first nationally reported mainstream media news story in this drama was that around Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. On Friday, February 12, NBC4News, the local affiliate of the NBC network in Los Angeles, reported in its noon and evening broadcasts, and then online, this story: “Hollywood Hospital ‘Victim of Cyber Attack.’” And since that moment, ransomware attacks have rarely been out of the mainstream media headlines, with revelations of attacks that have brought down electronic health record (EHR) and other clinical and operational information systems at the 10-hospital Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health (first media report March 28), as well as at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky. (first news report March 21), Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego, and Chino (Calif.) Valley Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Calif. (news stories on March 31), and Kings Daughters Health in Marion, Ind. (first news report Apr. 1).
Read more at http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/facing-ransomware-crisis-what-healthcare-it-leaders-need-do-right-now
The list of cancers being taken down by immunotherapy keeps growing.
NEW ORLEANS – New immunotherapy drugs are showing significant and extended effectiveness against a broadening range of cancers, including rare and intractable tumours often caused by viruses. Researchers say these advances suggest the treatment approach is poised to become a critical part of the nation’s anti-cancer strategy.
Read more at http://news.nationalpost.com/health/the-list-of-cancers-being-taken-down-by-immunotherapy-keeps-growing.
