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‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS – podcast

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The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to Continue reading... [...]

‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS

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The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to Last December, I had an abortion. Most unwanted pregnancies set a panic-timer …

‘Lives are at stake’: hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware

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The number of ransomware attacks on US healthcare organizations increased 94% from 2021 to 2022, according to one report Last week, the US government warned that hospitals across the US have been targeted by an aggressive ransomware campaign originating from North Korea since 2021. Ransomware hacks, in which attackers …