Using the search engine Shodan, the researchers were able to find numerous public
discover detectable security vulnerabilities and networked systems. The experts estimate their number at 50,000 to 80,000 vulnerabilities worldwide. In addition to individual devices, these also include networks, databases and servers with medical image material, such as CT, MRT and
X-rays.

"While discoverability by means of Shodan does not in principle yet mean that
these systems are not protected or vulnerable. However, it facilitates
Cybercriminals to find security vulnerabilities to gain access to systems
preserved. Thus, it poses an avoidable and unnecessary risk to
hospitals," explains Udo Schneider, Security Evangelist at Trend Micro,
the research results.

The most common gaps

The researchers estimate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as a
Most likely and most dangerous type of cyberattacks on hospitals
followed by ransomware.

Risks in the supply chain
The report also highlights an attack scenario that has received little attention to date: attacks on the supply chain. Modern hospitals are highly complex systems that require a multitude of service providers and suppliers, and each third-party vendor is a potential vulnerability if it does not take cybersecurity as seriously as the hospital itself.

Without proper network segmentation and thorough third-party security audits, hospital IT managers risk compromising the integrity of their systems and potential compliance violations.

Recommendations for action
The report concludes with a series of recommendations on how hospital IT managers can protect their systems. In addition to technical solutions such as an up-to-date, multi-layered IT security solution, these include awareness and training programs for employees and service providers. Furthermore, the transfer of data in and out of the network should be strictly regulated and a response plan for the case of cyber attacks should be developed.

IT security researchers from Trend Micro, together with the organization
HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) to improve cybersecurity in modern
Hospitals investigated. The investigation report now published
Securing Connected Hospitals shows the attack vectors that can be exploited by the
increasing digitalization and networking in the healthcare sector.

Further information
The full Securing Connected Hospitals research report can be found at.
here in the following links, partly in english language for download:

https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/rpt/rpt-securing-connected-hospitals.pdf

Trend Micro has developed a security reference architecture for networked devices in the
health care system. You can find information here:

https://www.trendmicro.com/us/iot-security/Solutions?h=All&v=Health_Care

Innovation Qualité, the new quality prize of the Swiss Academy for Quality in Medicine SAQM, honours the exemplary work of committed quality pioneers and makes it accessible to a broad public. As the FMH's own quality organisation for doctors, the SAQM also offers the professional community a platform for mutual exchange, inspiration and networking with Innovation Qualité.

37 quality projects from all parts of the country applied for the first Innovation Qualité - an impressive response that both speaks for the great commitment to quality in the Swiss healthcare system and reflects the valuable support of the prize by 23 partner organizations.

The 2018 winners were announced today. Four quality projects were particularly convincing because they successfully and sustainably increase the quality of medical services for the benefit of patients. Not least because the patients themselves are partly involved in the projects. In the category "Doctors' organisations", two equally strong quality projects share the award and the prize money of CHF 10,000, while the categories "Patient care rethought" (main topic in 2018) and "Patient safety" are each endowed with CHF 15,000.

Category "Patient care rethought
Power patients thanks to interprofessional "Chronic Care Management 
Sanacare AG has developed an interprofessional "Chronic Care Management CCM" for the diagnoses of arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is an evidence-based, structured treatment pathway that focuses on the informed patient. CCM accomplishes the shift from purely medical to interprofessional team treatment of chronic diseases by delegating appropriate medical activities to the medical practice coordinator. In addition, the patient plays an active role in the treatment team. A CCM proceeds in annual cycles based on the PDCA cycle (Plan - Do - Check - Act). The treatment plan is defined together with the patient, implemented and adjusted according to progress. In this way, the quality of treatment can be increased, while at the same time reducing the number of doctor consultations. CCM has now been introduced in twelve group practices in German, Italian and French - with success and high acceptance among the approximately 600 patients involved.

Category "Patient Safety
How to detect adverse drug reactions
The aim of pharmacovigilance is to record adverse drug reactions (ADRs) after market launch. The basis for this is formed by spontaneous reports of ADRs or suspected ADRs by healthcare professionals. In general, however, adverse drug reactions are not reported in over 90 percent of cases. To counteract this "underreporting", an interprofessional team at the EOC, the Institute of Pharmacological Sciences of the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, has developed an electronic search system for ADRs that is as simple as it is efficient. This filters out possible ADRs from the digital patient files of the - protected - hospital network with ever greater precision, using known and continuously updated specialist terms. In the test phase, more than 55 percent of the ADRs found were reportable according to Swissmedic criteria, and 87.5 percent of these were defined as serious. The system was then successfully introduced into the daily work of the regional pharmacovigilance centre. If the search tool were translated into the other national languages, Switzerland's other pharmacovigilance centres could also use the system, thereby further enhancing national drug safety.

Category "Doctors' organizations
Less is sometimes more: smarter medicine - Choosing Wisely Switzerland
In 2014, the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine SGAIM (formerly SGIM) launched the "smarter medicine" campaign and was the first medical society in Switzerland to publish two top five lists of five medical measures for which overuse had been identified. One each for the outpatient sector and, somewhat later, for the inpatient sector. In 2016, the SGAIM decided to deepen the successful campaign and to involve patients and consumers as well as non-physician professional organisations in the discussion against misuse and overuse in medicine. On 12 June 2017, the association "smarter medicine - Choosing Wisely Switzerland" was founded. In the meantime, four other medical professional associations have also published their own top five lists, and others are in preparation. The Choosing Wisely International Congress will be held in Zurich at the beginning of October 2018, at which a multi-year patient awareness campaign on the topic of misuse and overuse will be launched.

Category "Doctors' organizations
"I receive the best oncological care": Swiss Cancer Network certificate from the SGMO
All cancer patients in Switzerland should have access to high-quality oncological care close to home. With this goal in mind, the Swiss Society of Medical Oncology (SGMO) has created the "Swiss Cancer Network" quality certificate. Oncologists can be certified and audited by the SGMO according to this program. Until now, most patients lacked an instrument to assess the quality of oncological care. Thanks to the Swiss Cancer Network certificate, they can now be sure of receiving optimal treatment that follows, among other things, the recommendations of internationally recognised guidelines. Regardless of whether they receive treatment in a centre or in a private practice. All service providers are committed to continuous quality improvement, which also focuses competition on the quality of care. All institutions certified to date are listed on www.sgmo.ch published. Nationwide, there are already more than 30.

Further information:

www.innovationqualite.ch

What should and can one (still) know in such a dynamic time? What will life and especially the working world look like tomorrow? What impact will this have on leaders like you, who are responsible for future quality development and quality management? And above all: How can you proceed to make use of the new perspectives?

Allianz Suisse currently has no plans to withdraw from the comprehensive insurance business. Despite the challenging environment, the BVG business continues to represent an important component of the offering for corporate clients. Allianz Suisse therefore remains a reliable partner for its clients in the SME business.

With around 13,600 affiliated companies and around 147,000 insured persons, Allianz Suisse is an important provider in the group life business in Switzerland. This will remain so in the future, as Monika Behr, Head of Life at Allianz Suisse, emphasizes:

"Small and medium-sized companies in particular often do not want to and cannot bear the investment risks in occupational pension provision themselves. Full insurance is and remains an important pillar of our offering, and there are currently no plans to withdraw from it."

However, the challenges remain great following the rejection of the 2020 pension reform proposal by the Swiss electorate. For this reason, Allianz Suisse is maintaining its selective underwriting policy in the group life business and is focusing its new business primarily on SMEs.

Politicians are also called upon to come up with new solutions as quickly as possible that aim to reduce the high mandatory conversion rate and the guaranteed interest rate in the mandatory system. "Monika Behr is convinced that "it is in the interest of all parties involved, and above all of the insured, that the remaining providers of full insurance solutions can continue to operate their business sustainably in the future.

www.allianz.ch

As the CHIP network test 2018 shows, Swiss network operators put themselves in front positions: Swiss mobile networks have catapulted back to the top of the DACH range. This is shown by the measurements carried out by the test engineers of NET CHECK on behalf of CHIP.

As in the previous year, Swisscom (score of 1.2) maintained first place in a close neck-and-neck race with Sunrise (1.3). Bronze winner Salt (1.7) improves significantly on 2017, but cannot catch up any further without the implementation of Voice over LTE (VoLTE). In a direct country comparison, Swisscom and Sunrise rank ahead of the test winners Deutsche Telekom in third place and Austria's A1 in fourth place.

Telephony: almost perfect
Sunrise scores with particularly fast call set-up and good voice quality. At the city hotspots, the NET-CHECK engineers registered virtually no errors when setting up calls. Even during the most difficult test scenario "train journey" all three Swiss networks shine. Modern repeaters are installed in the long-distance trains, so that there is hardly any difference to reception in the cities.

Sunrise stands out negatively with an increased error rate of 3.3 percent for abandoned calls, but the value is still significantly below that of O2 in Germany with 14 percent - the taillight in the DACH area.

Swisscom (97.8) emerged as the winner of the "Telephony" subcategory with a narrow margin ahead of Sunrise (95.3 out of 100 points). The score is made up of voice quality (12.5%), successful call setup (31.25%), stability (37.5%) and duration of call setup.

Internet: constantly excellent
When it comes to file downloads or calling up websites and services such as Facebook, all networks perform very well - including third-placed Salt. There is no clear winner in the "Mobile Internet" sub-rating, as Swisscom and Sunrise are only 0.01 points apart. In terms of downloads, market leader Swisscom impresses with high transfer rates even under poor conditions.

Ten percent of all Swisscom downloads are faster than 155 MBit/s. Sunrise, on the other hand, provides the fastest web surfing. When uploading a photo to Facebook and accessing a live stream from YouTube, Swiss customers benefit from the equivalent top level of their networks. Unlike in German and Austrian cities, there is no discernible problem in the Alpine Republic with high network utilization in heavily frequented central locations.

Here, Swisscom and Sunrise once again improved noticeably compared to the previous year. In the case of the mobile phone provider Salt, the NET-CHECK experts noted an unusual rural-urban divide: the download values were better on the connecting roads than in the cities. Overall, excellent results for the mobile Internet can be acknowledged: When downloading and uploading test files as well as calling up websites, NET CHECK measured a success rate of 99 percent.

Best LTE network: split first place
LTE mobile technology is much more powerful than the conventional networks in 3G and 2G technology. Therefore, CHIP evaluates separately which provider operates the best 4G mobile network. This time there is a split first place for Switzerland. The results of Swisscom and Sunrise are so close together that there is no clear winner. Salt can't score. The network operator does not allow customers to make calls via the LTE turbo radio - and a good VoLTE offer counts for 20 percent of the LTE score.

The Swiss network operators pay well for the nationwide outstanding quality: The majority of consumers spend more than 40 francs (approx. 34 euros) per month - almost a third even 80 francs (approx. 68 euros). "For this, the customers receive mobile phone contracts with a "real" flat rate and thus without volume limits," concludes Wolfgang Pauler, head of testing at CHIP.

From Lake Geneva to Graubünden
The specialists from NET CHECK covered over 9200 kilometres for the Network Test Switzerland 2018. The drive teams drove with special test cars on motorways and country roads throughout the entire republic. Seven large cities (Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne and St. Gallen), eleven medium-sized and 21 small towns were traversed by the walk teams with practical backpack testing systems. They covered a total of 400 kilometres on foot. The city hotspots showed how well the networks work when they have to supply many users at the same time. In addition, the measurement engineers traveled about 1,730 kilometers by train to put phone calls and mobile surfing in long-distance trains under the microscope.

You can find further information and the complete test results at chip.de/network_test_ch.

The Office for Information Technology and Organisation of the Canton of Bern (KAIO) will soon publish open source software. This is a stage victory in the long-standing commitment of a broad alliance of stakeholders, according to a communiqué from the parliamentary group Digital Sustainability Parligi. The group advocates the publication of software under an open source licence.

Parligi championed the cause back in 2011 when the federal court struck down the Business management software OpenJustitia released under an OSS license. and came under fire from proprietary solution providers for doing so. This led to the submission and adoption of the bipartisan Motion 2013.0783 "Exploiting synergies in the use of software in the Canton of Berne". in the Bernese Grand Council by the EVP Grand Councillor Marc Jost.

After that, another hurdle had to be overcome: To examine the admissibility under competition law of a publication by the state as the author of the software. Parldigi welcomed the publication of the KAIO in 2017. Expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Tomas Poledna and Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri in this regard. The legal experts came to the conclusion that the publication and provision of OSS could hardly ever be considered a serious interference with economic freedom:

No free campaign

"OSS is not a marketable free service that makes it impossible for private competitors to do business. For from the customer's point of view, it is not only the cost of the code (which is naturally omitted in the case of OSS) that is relevant, but the entire cost of software operation (incl. customisation and integration, support, maintenance, etc.) and also other competitive parameters, in particular quality, range of functions, user-friendliness or ancillary services.

OSS is, in other words, open source, but not free of charge. Accordingly, in practice there is regularly room for private economic activity, and there can be no talk of de facto crowding out." (Poledna/Schlauri 2016: 3)

With the anchoring in the ICT ordinance of the canton, the mandate from motion 2013.0783 can be fulfilled. Councillor Marc Jost is pleased: "After five years, the legal foundation has finally been laid for the canton to fully exploit the many advantages of the open source approach. Now nothing stands in the way of cantonal IT exploiting synergies and sharing costs with other municipalities." The commitment is having an impact: concrete projects are now being published as OSS or are in the planning stage, such as the government application Ki-Tax.

The government council seems to have convinced itself of the advantages of open source software: Through widespread use, security and stability can be tested more thoroughly by the community of users and developers, and dependencies on specific suppliers and products can be reduced. And the positive scaling effects (develop once, use several times) are particularly useful for publicly funded software.

www.digitale-nachhaltigkeit.ch

If you feel unjustly treated again... Reklamationszentrale.ch for complaints, legal disputes and complaints by lawyer / // More text about ots and www.presseportal.ch/de/nr/100055461 (PPR/obs/Reklamationszentrale Schweiz)

Reklamationszentrale Schweiz, based in Zurich - the initial "Motz-Zentrale", has evolved into a LegalTech platform. It offers consumers legal services at affordable prices.

"The Motz Headquarters" in focus

The independent complaints office provides a target for companies with a dubious reputation. Topmoney (Top AG Ltd.), the first-placed company in the 2017 Complaints Barometer, filed a criminal complaint for defamation against the Complaints Center Switzerland at the end of March 2018.

At the beginning, the services of the Swiss Complaints Centre consisted of telephone advice, the writing of letters of complaint and the publication of an annual complaints barometer on the Internet. In the meantime, there are other platforms such as reklamation.ch or beschwerdeleicht.ch, which have taken up the topic and adopted this offer.

However, the experience gained in the last 5 years has shown that forwarding a complaint or publishing cases is not sufficient for those affected. Success is only achieved by serious companies for whom satisfied customers or the improvement of their service or product are important. These companies already invest a lot of money in professional complaint management themselves.

The really difficult complaint cases are mostly caused by companies that shirk their duties and ignore complaints. Or by dubious companies that skilfully use legal loopholes and stall their ripped-off customers with delaying tactics. It is difficult to defend oneself against their business practices without legal support.

Legal support at affordable prices

Reklamationszentrale Schweiz has already been intimidated several times by such companies but has been able to successfully defend itself against attacks thanks to the legal representation by Dextra Rechtsschutz AG. This experience shows that the greatest success for affected consumers is only achieved with legal support or a letter from a law firm.

In order to be able to offer professional help with legal services at affordable prices to a wide audience, Reklamationszentrale Schweiz has entered into a partnership with WILD Rechtsanwalt AG. Since April 2017, the law firm with main offices in Sarnen (OW) and Basel and additional offices in Hergiswil (NW), Pfäffikon (SZ) and Zug has been responsible for providing professional legal advice to Reklamationszentrale Schweiz.

ACustomised services

Consumers can find more than 40 free sample letters and complaint templates on the website of the Swiss Complaints Centre, as well as other useful information for self-help, such as warning lists and addresses of ombudsmen, arbitration bodies and contacts of consumer protection organisations and complaints bodies.

The cooperation with WILD Attorney at Law AG enabled the Swiss Complaints Center to adapt and expand its services to the needs of consumers. In addition to the tried-and-tested letter of complaint, those affected receive initial clarification of the legal facts of a case with a lawyer check.

If all options have already been exhausted or if a higher amount of damages is involved, WILD Attorney at Law AG asserts claims by means of legal argumentation and presentation of the legal basis with a complaint. Passengers affected by flight delays or cancellations can file a complaint via the new platform Flug-Reklamation.ch (https://www.flug-reklamation.ch/) claim refunds from airlines in accordance with EU Regulation 261-04.

Scroll inand notification of Top AG Ltd.

At the beginning of 2017, two Zurich law firms were commissioned to put pressure on Reklamationszentrale Schweiz to delete blog posts and content about the business conduct of TopMoney (Top AG Ltd). At the end of March 2018, Top AG Ltd filed a criminal complaint for defamation against Reklamationszentrale Schweiz (http://ots.ch/zM7zMW). Despite the advertisement, the publication of the annual complaint barometer and research on TopMoney (Top AG Ltd.) and their business model (http://ots.ch/bbvUWW)

Rip-offs dominate the 2017 complaints barometer

Thanks to the internet, dubious companies are increasingly finding customers who are blinded by supposedly attractive offers. This trend is also clearly reflected in the Complaints Barometer 2017, with financial cleaners such as TopMoney or Letramministrazione SA dominating the rankings of the most frequently named sources of complaints. This confirms the Swiss Complaints Centre to continue on its chosen path together with its legal partners and to offer swift support to those affected or to save consumers from the same fate with clarification.

The details of the Complaints Barometer 2017 are published at: http://ots.ch/e2uX3B

Via the Complaints Centre Switzerland:

Explanatory video Complaint Center Switzerland: https://www.reklamationszentrale.ch/dienstleistung/so-funktioniert-s/

It would be too simple to distinguish only between male and female doctors. For example, every third doctor comes from abroad. Many Swiss family doctors are retiring. To ensure security of supply, Switzerland will have to train more male and female doctors in the future. Nevertheless, female doctors are on the increase.

Female doctors on the rise
At 58.0 percent, men continue to make up the majority of the medical profession. However, at 3.8 percent, the increase over the previous year for female physicians is significantly higher than that for male physicians (0.9 percent).

The outpatient sector is characterised by a high average age
51.1 percent of physicians work in the outpatient sector¹, 47.3 percent in the inpatient² and 1.6 percent work outside these sectors. While the average age of all physicians is 48.4 years, it is on average ten years higher in the outpatient sector than in the inpatient sector (54.8 years compared to 43.4 years).

The age difference between the sectors is mainly due to the further training of assisting physicians, which mainly takes place in hospitals. In the age groups below 40, women are overrepresented in both sectors. Due to the majority of women among the students, it can be assumed that this development will be reflected in the gender-specific age structure in the coming years.

53.7 percent of physicians in the outpatient sector work in individual practices. This proportion has decreased by a good 8 percent over the last ten years. An average of 4.2 doctors work in group practices. The average workload in the outpatient sector is 8.1 half days, more than half a day less than in the inpatient sector (9.5 half days). Due to the increasing part-time work and due to the upcoming retirement of many physicians who work far more than 40 hours per week in their practices, Switzerland needs to train more physicians.

The stationary sector and specialists are concentrated in the cities
In the granting of specialist titles (1526 new titles last year), the share of the generalist specialties of general internal medicine, paediatrics and adolescent medicine and general practitioner, together account for 37.9 per cent. Doctors with these specialist titles are counted among the so-called primary care providers.

General internal medicine is the most frequently represented specialty (22.5 percent). In second place is psychiatry and psychotherapy (10.2%), followed by gynaecology and obstetrics (5.0%), paediatrics and adolescent medicine (5.0%) and anaesthesiology (4.2%). The density of specialists in the cities is twice as high as that of primary care providers.

In rural areas, the situation is exactly the opposite. On average, there are 4.3 doctors per 1000 people in Switzerland. There are significantly more doctors available in urban areas than in rural areas. Since hospitals are mainly located in urban areas, the density of doctors in the inpatient sector is high there and low in rural areas.

34.1 percent of working physicians in Switzerland come from abroad, 29.3 percent in the outpatient sector and 47.3 percent in the inpatient sector. The majority of foreign doctors come from Germany (54.4 percent), followed by Italy (8.6 percent), France (6.5 percent) and Austria (6.1 percent).

Further information:
"FMH Physician Statistics 2017 - Current Figures"., Stefanie Hostettler, Esther Kraft, Swiss Medical Journal No. 13/14, 28.3.2018.

The 2018 Export Award candidates have been announced. The independent Jury of business, academic and media representatives has announced who is in the running for the 2018 Export Award:

• Industrielack AG, Wangen SZ: ILAG leaves no stone unturned
• Acutronic Medical Systems, Hirzel ZH: Strong presence in a small niche market
• On, Zurich: The running community is enthusiastic

The winner will be announced at the Foreign Trade and Investment Forum on 26 April in Zurich. The awards will be presented by Ruth Metzler-Arnold, Chairman of the Board of Directors of S-GE.

The finalists for the Export Award 2018

The finalists are holding their own around the world, despite the fact that more than 750 new protectionist measures have been enacted every year since 2009, as the Global Trade Alert by Professor Simon Evenett of the University of St. Gallen shows. High barriers to entry are particularly prevalent in the medical technology sector - making the export performance of Acutronic Medical Systems, which manufactures high-precision ventilators for premature babies, all the more outstanding. The company has already established itself in Western Europe and the Middle East and is beginning to put out feelers in China. But On's running shoes and ILAG's cookware coating also have to meet high standards around the world, which the companies have managed highly successfully.

lLAG leaves no stone unturned

When it comes to coating cookware and baking pans, ILAG is big business. The export-oriented SME scores with quality and an innovative business model: consistent relationship management with all participants in the value chain and image-enhancing co-branding ensure that the company is growing - and generated sales of CHF 34 million in 2017. In the most important markets, ILAG is on the road with sales agents, while the US market is handled from its own office in Chicago. ILAG is still mainly successful in the consumer goods industry, but in future it will increasingly focus on applications in industry.

www.ilag.ch

Strong presence in small niche

High-tech devices for tiny customers: With its product range, Acutronic Medical Systems covers the entire spectrum of neonatal artificial respiration. The universally designed, easy-to-use high-tech devices are used in operating theatres, intensive care units and hospital wards in many European countries, the Middle East and China. In this way, products from Hirzel ensure that many premature babies survive without permanent damage. And also that the Swiss medtech company thrives.

www.acutronic-medical.ch

The running community is enthusiastic

Push off hard, land softly and run with a feather-light stride without any discomfort - around three million runners worldwide rely on shoes from On. Founded in 2010 by three Swiss sports enthusiasts, the label has taken the global running scene by storm with its revolutionary CloudTec sole. Thanks to a consistent focus on the premium segment worldwide and a clever marketing strategy, On is the fastest growing brand in the running shoe market and is present in 4000 stores in 50 countries.

www.on-running.com

Foreign Trade Forum 2018: Zwween globalisation and protectionism?

Switzerland Global Enterprise's Foreign Trade Forum is the meeting place of the year for all Swiss exporters. Small and medium-sized companies in particular find inspiration and practical advice for their international business here. For SMEs, on the one hand, it has never been so necessary and potentially profitable to do business internationally on a broad basis. On the other hand, it is becoming increasingly complex to deal with the multitude of markets and the specific trade barriers.

During the generous breaks and at the Apéro Riche, there will be room for exchange with over 600 participants and numerous exporters who are facing similar challenges or have already successfully mastered some of them.

Registration and program at www.s-ge.com/awf

Further information about the Export Award: www.s-ge.com/exportaward