Ransomware: Minimizing the risks

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 11-12, 2016, Pages 37-40

  Pope, Justin ^a  

^a PRMS Inc   (United States)

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CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSURANCE; LAWYER; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGAL SERVICE; MANAGER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85013151834     PISSN: 21588333     EISSN: 21588341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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