Healthcare

Ransomware attacks amid Covid emergency can be disastrous for healthcare providers

 Key Steps for Healthcare Providers to Combat Ransomware Globally, ransomware attacks have been one of the biggest threats to cybersecurity, particularly in the healthcare sector. In fact, in November 2020 the United States FBI, Department of Health and Human Services, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued strong warnings of an “increased and imminent” threat of ransomware attacks on hospitals and other healthcare providers. This announcement followed a previous attack on Universal Health Services (UHS), on one of the largest chains of healthcare facilities in the U.S., that knocked its systems offline.…
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India has crosses a Key Milestone in Universal Primary Healthcare

India marked another key milestone in universalising Primary Health Care today. The planned target of operationalizing 70,000 Ayushman Bharat- Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) by 31st March 2021 has been realised ahead of time.  The feat of scaling up at this pace despite the COVID pandemic was enabled by a high degree of coordination between the Centre and States/UTs, foresight in planning, flexibility in adaptation, standardization of processes, and regular interactions at all levels which enabled supportive monitoring and prompt redressal of issues. This is testimony to the…
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With 70% of health care employees are women, healthcare needs more …

While approximately 70 percent of healthcare employees in the world are women, the majority of these numbers are confined to specific roles and specialisations and exist largely in the lowest paid segments. For example, the overwhelming proportion of female workers are nurses, which has largely been considered a "feminine" role given its requirements for empathetic care. Furthermore, only specialisations like obstetrics and gynaecology see a higher proportion of women doctors. However, across the board the number of decision makers or higher paid positions whether surgeons or administrative are…
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