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Perspectives from Astute on hospital infrastructure, cybersecurity and connected care.
September 15, 2026
The next cybersecurity question for hospitals: How big is the blast radius?
UC San Diego researchers have built what they call a “hospital IT system in a box.” Project CRASHCART is designed to restore patient records, communications and clinical workflows…
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August 7, 2026
The robots are coming. Hospital infrastructure needs to catch up.
The most important thing about UC San Diego’s recent humanoid robotics milestone may not be what the robots did. It is where they did it. In a preclinical trial, researchers used…
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May 27, 2026
Signals Issue 02: The Isolation Paradox
When the only way to save your hospital network is to shut down your hospital. If you lead IT or security in healthcare, you are trapped in an impossible position. The Board…
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April 17, 2026
Rural healthcare's next challenge
ISSUE 01 — April 16, 2026 The Core Signal Rural healthcare is no longer waiting for funding; it is waiting for infrastructure. The gap isn't in the technology—it’s in the…
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