Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Raising the cybersecurity bar meets resistance from both staff and patient users, say experts
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Raising the cybersecurity bar meets resistance from both staff and patient users, say experts
Wednesday 21 November 2018, 03:37 PM

Two-factor authentication, or verification, is commonly offered to customers by large IT service providers like Google
The best efforts by health sector organisations to guard their systems against hackers can be simply undone by lax user passwords. Simon Maude looks at how two-factor authentication could put a stop to that, but at what price?
The things I discuss on the portal is my asthma’s playing-up, or I’ve got a head cold. People around me know I’ve got asthma or a cold, so why are you, Rene Swindley, Frank Risk Management director Rene Swindley says IT security and productivity often clash
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