Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending November 1: Renewed Ryuk threat warning for US hospitals, information blocking rules delayed, NHS Covid-19 app bugs, telemedicine for contact lenses, Alberta's $1.4b Epic roll-out, US VA's $16b Cerner roll-out, tele-assisted care, NHS health IT assessment criteria, France rebrands contact-tracing app, test result app for travellers
US hospitals warned of fresh wave of ransomware attacks
Information Security Media Group ~ Prajeet Nair ~ 29/10/2020
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning hospitals about a fresh wave of Ryuk ransomware attacks that have recently targeted healthcare facilities around the country.
HHS delays data sharing regulation deadlines
Information Security Media Group ~ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ~ 29/10/2020
Regulator says COVID-19 response stretching IT resources, making compliance challenging.
