“Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has paid the ransom demanded by hackers after being under seige for more than a week. The hospital paid 40 bitcoin ($17,000) to regain control of its computer network, Allen Stefanek, the hospital’s president and CEO, said in a statement.”
Californian firm in dispute with health minister seeks ‘price-fixing’ reform
“An executive of a Californian company embroiled in a legal dispute with health minister Sussan Ley over private health rebates for a surgical device hopes a roundtable in Sydney on Thursday will spark reforms that experts say could save as much as $700 million a year.”