Healthcare Executive Commentary
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How To Overcome The Disconnect Between Compliance And IT Security
4/9/2015
There is a huge disconnect between compliance and IT security, which I see every day while conducting compliance and security assessments.
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Retail Data Or Healthcare Data: Which Is More Secure?
2/6/2015
Data breaches are one of the biggest threats and concerns today for an individual. There are two industries where these threats have impacted individuals the most — healthcare and retail. Does either one of these industries pose a greater threat than the other? I think so.
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Retail Or Healthcare: Which Is The Bigger Breach Threat?
1/29/2015
Pssst! I have something for you. It is perhaps the worst-kept secret in healthcare. Surely, that grabbed your attention — and here’s what should hold it: Many of the industry’s vendors have done a poor job ensuring their applications are properly patched and up-to-date. And the sheer volume of devices running those applications to access and share confidential patient records complicates matters considerably.
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Is Your Client’s Medical Information Safe?
1/21/2015
Five data security pitfalls for healthcare organizations to avoid.
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Your Healthcare Customers Need A Private Cloud Education — Stat!
12/22/2014
If the nightly news is your primary source for the latest happenings in cybersecurity threats, you’d think that retail was cybercriminals’ number one target (no pun intended). Many would be surprised to find out that healthcare is actually at the top of the hit list.
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Five Prescriptions To Stop Healthcare Disasters
12/15/2014
Managed service providers that specialize in healthcare currently face some unique challenges.
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Best Practices To Choose PACS VNA Or Storage VNA For Healthcare
10/27/2014
Healthcare organizations are often encouraged to acquire and implement a vendor neutral archive (VNA) as an enterprise medical imaging data repository. The idea is simple — migrate DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) images archived in departmental picture archiving and communications system (PACS) applications into a centralized PACS VNA.
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How To Defend Against Security Breaches In Healthcare
9/10/2014
As electronic health records and other forms of healthcare data become more prominent, data security for healthcare organizations grows more and more important.
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Scan Your Way To Meaningful Use Compliance
7/30/2014
Meaningful Use Stage 2 compliance is the number one issue facing healthcare IT professionals in 2014 and 2015. An important requirement for certification is tracking medication from order to administration using assistive technologies. The most common assistive technology is bar code scanning.
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What You Should Know About Healthcare’s Meaningful Use And Demand For Bar Code Scanners
7/17/2014
Automating medication administration processes continues to be a key factor in achieving Meaningful Use Stage 2. The core measure requires more than 10 percent of all medication orders be tracked using the eMAR, or electronic medication administration record, and an automated technology.