Alvaka Networks Presents Software Security Patching Webinars |
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Ceresti Named a Top Healthcare Startup & Featured in Cover Story |
Healthcare Tech Outlook magazine has selected Ceresti Health as a Top 10 Healthcare Startup Company for 2019. The cover story, Transforming Dementia Care, details how Ceresti's digital care management program combines technology, content, coaching, and predictive analytics to proactively avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for a population that incurs 25% of all hospitalizations.
Meanwhile, Ceresti has become a member of Population Health Alliance, a multi-stakeholder professional and trade association solely focused on population health. (Dirk Soenksen, Orange County Healthcare)
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LigoLab Cheers 13th Anniversary - Looks Back & Ahead |
LigoLab LLC, a leading provider of an innovative laboratory software platform that transforms and modernizes mid-to-large-sized molecular, clinical and anatomic pathology labs across the nation, just celebrated its 13th anniversary as a privately owned and profitable business. The company's history and future are detailed in two recent blog posts: A LigoLab Anniversary and A Developing Situation. (Sumit Mahendru, Orange County Healthcare)
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SafeRide Health Teams with Independent Health on Medicare Advantage Benefit |
SafeRide Health has partnered with Independent Health, of Western New York, on a new Medicare Advantage non-emergency transportation benefit for 2020. Eligible members will be able to access a wide range of options through SafeRide's ride-matching technology. As part of the service, Independent Health members will have an option to receive reminders and updates via text messages and phone calls, ensuring rides will arrive on-time and at the correct location. (Robbins Schrader, Los Angeles Healthcare)
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SAVI Group Offers Tips on Boosting Patient Volume & Revenue |
In Great Ways to Boost Patient Volume & Revenue, SAVI Group discusses ways to set your practice apart, increase impactful communications (including using auto-messaging patient systems), understand your patients better, and build stronger ties. (Sumit Mahendru, Orange County Healthcare)
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BETTER, FASTER, BUT NOT CHEAPER
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AT&T's Low-Band 5G Network Launches in LA, SF, SD & SJ + 6 Other Cities |
AT&T's real 5G network launched last week, as the company starts to sell the $1,300 Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G and flips the switch for all of its customers within coverage areas (and not just selected business partners) to start using the next-generation network. Coverage areas are: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose CA; Birmingham, AL; Indianapolis, IN; Milwaukee, WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; and Rochester, NY. (Read Article: The Verge, 12/13/19)
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Amazon Web Services Opens New Los Angeles Zone |
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing service of Amazon, has launched a new Los Angeles zone, which will give local customers and companies much faster access to the AWS cloud. According to AWS, the new zone will provide very low latency (single-digit millisecond) access to application access from Los Angeles and other locations in Southern California. AWS said the new, direct access to AWS will be useful in a number of areas, including media and entertainment (for gaming, 3D modeling, video processing, and other related media processing); electronic design automation; advertising technology and ad serving; and machine learning. The cloud computing service said that instances of AWS sources will have different pricing than in the parent region, but did not detail what the premium on that Los Angeles zone access would be. (Read Article: socaltech.com, 12/4/19)
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TRANSITIONS IN THE C-SUITE & ON THE FRONT LINE
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Near Term: Tech Adoption, Talent Shortages Have Execs "Very Concerned" |
A majority of exec-level decision makers worry about the health of their industry in the coming two years, according to a new report from Ceridian, and half of those surveyed admit they are struggling with "rapid tech development." Due to technology adoption, 46% of employers said the size of their workforce will increase. However, a majority also noted that they will face a skills gap within the next two years, and 59% said they will face a labor shortage within the same time frame. To meet demand for skills and labor, 53% of those surveyed plan to leverage remote workers, 51% plan on assignment-based freelance support and 50% will outsource or look for contract workers. (Read Article: HR Dive, 12/5/19)
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Google Co-Founders Larry Page & Sergey Brin Relinquish Control of Alphabet to CEO Sundar Pichai |
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who have mostly stayed out of the spotlight since restructuring their company four years ago, are relinquishing control of parent company Alphabet to current Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the duo announced in a joint letter published to Google's public blog. The two men will remain employees of Alphabet and retain their seats on the board, but they will no longer oversee the company's sprawling, almost trillion-dollar empire they created while at Stanford University more than 20 years ago. (Read Article: The Verge, 12/3/19)
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FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
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Internet of the Senses on the Horizon, Thanks to AR and VR |
Internet of Things (IoT) devices will morph into Internet of Senses technology by 2030, bringing technological applications to human sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, an Ericsson report found. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), specifically, will allow humans to experience the world in a new way. AR glasses will be able to connect to human thought by 2030, allowing humans to see their thoughts in the real world, according to the report. For example, nearly 60% of respondents said AR glasses would be able to help with navigation, displaying a map right before their eyes, allowing them to search for routes by simply thinking of their destination. The brain will become the new user interface, reducing the use of screens, keyboards, mice, and game controllers. (Read Article: TechRepublic, 12/10/19)
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Diamandis: Big Tech Will Shape the Future of Healthcare |
"Healthcare is the biggest business in the world, and it is phenomenally broken," says Peter Diamandis, cofounder of the X-Prize, Singularity University, and Health Longevity Inc. "So, do I think Apple and Google and Amazon can do a better job? A thousandfold." In his upcoming book, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, which will hit bookshelves in late January 2020, Diamandis makes the case for why he believes big tech companies are going to be running healthcare by 2030. (Read Article: Fast Company, 12/11/19)
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INTERNET OF THINGS
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FBI Recommends You Keep Your IoT Devices on a Separate Network |
The FBI says owners of IoT (Internet of Things) devices should isolate this equipment on a separate Wi-Fi network, different from the one they're using for their primary devices, such as laptops, desktops, or smartphones. By keeping all the IoT equipment on a separate network, any compromise of a "smart" device will not grant an attacker a direct route to a user's primary devices - where most of their data is stored. Jumping across the two networks would require considerable effort from the attacker. The simplest way is to use two routers. The smarter way is to use "micro-segmentation," a feature found in the firmware of most Wi-Fi routers, which allows router admins to create virtual networks. VLANs will behave as different networks; even though they effectively run on the same router. A good tutorial on how you can create VLANs on your routers is available here. (Read Articles: ZDNet, 12/6/19; Forbes, 12/6/19)
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IoT, AI-Powered Deepfakes, Ransomware, and 5G: Protecting Your Data Is About to Get a Lot Harder |
The continued expansion of the Internet of Things will greatly increase the number of devices and applications that security teams will have to protect, particularly given the new range of threats that are taking tech security far beyond its traditional boundaries, requiring a whole new set of skills and alliances. One example: tech analyst Forrester predicts that deepfakes could end up costing businesses as much as $250 million next year. For example, there's the risk to your share price if someone creates a deepfake of your CEO apparently resigning from the company. So how does tech deal with all of this? It demands a new approach. (Read Article: ZDNet, 12/8/19)
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IoT Devices and Gadgets to Become UL-Rated for Their Cybersecurity Level |
Underwriters Laboratories will offer cybersecurity ratings for internet of things devices, providing consumer guidance on smart gadgets' level of safety. UL will gauge a security level based on cryptography, customer-identifiable data, process and documentation, logical security, protocol security, software updates and system management. (Read Article: CNET, 12/6/19)
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