London hospitals had known about vulnerabilities that left them at risk from hacks ‘for years’, said Bloomberg News, citing documents it had reviewed. The Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust had reportedly acknowledged in April that cybersecurity was a ‘high risk’ to its operations. Last week, hackers attacked the trust’s pathology services provider Synnovis, causing major disruption at various hospitals that were forced to delay operations and blood tests.
The problem with laboratory reference ranges
Tonight, my lab quietly changed what it considers a “normal” ApoB. On Monday, my patient’s ApoB of 98 mg/dL was comfortably green. On Tuesday, that
