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...Harvard Medical School (HMS) study released last week shows that Implantable Medical Devices (IMD), such as pacemakers, could be high-risk targets for hackers. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, University of Washington, Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital, and Harvard Medical School found that hackers could intercept patient information and reprogram the device, potentially endangering the patient by sending additional electrical signals to the heart. The researchers presented their findings last Wednesday, in anticipation of the publication of their paper, “Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power Defenses.” The study focused...
...While it would seem that the very people whose job is to maintain the health of their patients would make better health decisions than smoking, the high-stress life of medicine has been the most common reason for engaging in this addictive habit. To combat this, Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently announced a cigarette smoking ban on campus grounds—a move highly consistent with the mission of the school and a strong step forward in promoting better health among the doctors of tomorrow. The ban, which was announced by HMS Dean Jeffery S. Flier last Monday...
...This guy” was Michael W. Halle, the director of the Surgical Planning Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Harvard Medical School (HMS) instructor in radiology...
...March of this year, Harvard Medical International (HMI) will be history. HMI—a $21 million-per-year subsidiary of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) that provides health care consulting services in over 30 countries around the world—has incurred the disapproval of several key University Hall figures, those of whom decided to sell off the program to the private firm Partners HealthCare. It seems that many in the central administration, such as Provost Steven E. Hyman and Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez, have concluded that as HMI’s focus shifted from...
...Harvard Medical International (HMI)—operates in over 30 countries on five continents, providing consulting services and bestowing Harvard’s imprimatur on medical schools and hospitals from Dubai to Dresden. In exchange, the non-profit funnels its excess revenue back to Harvard Medical School (HMS), which pocketed over $1.5 million in the year ending June 2006, according to tax filings...