Comment Millions of people are affected (Score 1) 1
Kronos is the time management, payroll, scheduling service used by Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, public services, hospitals are left with the option of paper.
Submission + - UKG / Kronos Impacted by Ransomware Attack (kronos.com) 1
DJAdapt writes: Kronos Private Cloud (KPC) customers discovered that their Time & Labor Management and Payroll solutions were completely down on Monday, 12/13/21. According to a post on the Kronos Community Page, a cyber security incident due to a ransomware attack is affecting UKG Workforce Central, UKGTeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling. Although they are currently working with cyber security experts on the issue, they say that it may take several weeks to restore full system availability. This will cause many folks using their TLM and payroll services to seek manual alternatives in the meantime.
The Bomb Squad Olympiad Starts Today 43
The bomb suit relay and the robot obstacle course are just two of the events you can enjoy at the Bomb Squad Olympiad. Over the next three days squads from across South Carolina will compete and showcase their bomb defusing capabilities for the public. I hear the deep fried dynamite is especially good.
Comment Re:It's not amazing (Score 2, Informative) 233
As someone who as worked in the within the Medical establishment, the issues you are talking about are more vendor specific. The equipment used in Lasik cases and others have been thoroughly tested, because of the fact they have to be so precise. Calibrations on these machines are often conducted before every use, or on a very regular basis. As far as MRI's diagnosing problems, that's not the case. MRI's take the pictures, and the Radiologist then interprets the MRI results. So, human error is the consideration in this case versus a software error.
IT is moving rapidly within the Medical arena. Utitilizing systems such as PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) for X-Rays and other radiological procedures to be available via computer versus hard copies would be one example. Also applications that properly document, bill, and track a patients travels through a hospital are becoming more and more prevalent.
What this Open Standard is driving for, is to standardize that information, so that it can be easily passed from one medical facility to another. Currently, the extensive use of Fax machines, to fax entire patient records to other Doctors, and hospitals is common. For the patient, the results are positive, because their care can be more continuous, and well documented. Having a standard format to facilitate this will be a tremendous advantage, and probably help cut down on cost in the long run.
IT is moving rapidly within the Medical arena. Utitilizing systems such as PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) for X-Rays and other radiological procedures to be available via computer versus hard copies would be one example. Also applications that properly document, bill, and track a patients travels through a hospital are becoming more and more prevalent.
What this Open Standard is driving for, is to standardize that information, so that it can be easily passed from one medical facility to another. Currently, the extensive use of Fax machines, to fax entire patient records to other Doctors, and hospitals is common. For the patient, the results are positive, because their care can be more continuous, and well documented. Having a standard format to facilitate this will be a tremendous advantage, and probably help cut down on cost in the long run.
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