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Press Release – Science Media Centre All phones and computers across Waikato DHB have been taken down by a cyber security incident, leaving clinical services scrambling. The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ransom demanded. The SMC asked experts to comment … All phones and computers across Waikato DHB have been taken down by a cyber security incident, leaving clinical services scrambling. The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ransom demanded. The SMC asked experts to comment on the attack and the aging IT infrastructure that ma...

Waikato DHB cyber attack began with email attachment - chief executive Newshub 2 hrs ago Replay Video Services at hospitals across the Waikato continue to be disrupted after Tuesday's cyber attack. On Tuesday morning, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) reported a "full outage" of its phone and computer systems, affecting services across the entire region "to varying degrees".  The National Cyber Security Centre -  a division of the Government Communications Security Bureau - is now involved, trying to work out how it happened and how to stop it from happening again.  © Video - Newshu...

Southern cancer screening still not in the clear Newsroom 2 days ago © Provided by Newsroom Despite a public apology and promises to do better, it’s still better to live in Dunedin than Invercargill when it comes to colonoscopies. David Williams reports On its face, the Southern District Health Board is improving its much-maligned colonoscopy service. Demand for the procedure, the primary method for diagnosing bowel cancer in a timely way, has increased since the national screening programme started. Southern DHB joined in April 2018 – controversially, as it turns out, with three exte...

The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ransom demanded. The SMC asked experts to comment on the attack and the aging IT infrastructure that may have enabled it. Feel free to use these comments in your reporting or follow up with the contact details provided. Professor Robin Gauld, Director, Centre for Health Systems and Technology, University of Otago, comments: "For three decades we've known in New Zealand that our health information and clinical systems have been vulnerable to attack. So while this attack comes as no surprise, it is alarming and has had an impac...

All DHB members were responsible to the health minister rather than their local community. Fees paid to chairs, deputy chairs and members varied according to the size of the DHB area and ranged from about $13,000 to $80,000 for chairs, and $6510 to more than $40,000 for members. Supplied Professor Robin Gauld, of the University of Otago’s Centre for Health Systems and Technology, says health board fees will be better spent on improving skills and expertise within the public health system rather than on consultants. The health minister decided how much each DHB member received based on a...