The Serial Port and Its Role in Today’s Technology

Ever been in this situation? You’ve received an order for medical computers for the hospitals in your local healthcare group. Or upper management wanted a bunch of new industrial computers for an oil refinery overseas. In both cases, the order required the PCs to have at least one serial port if…


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EMR Savings: How and Where Electronic Records Save on the Bottom Line

You and your healthcare IT (HIT) team have set up the medical computers and other equipment throughout the healthcare group. This is in part in preparation for the new electronic medical records (EMR) system that’s to go live in the coming months. As you sit exhausted in your office, you get a…


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How the Latest HIPAA Updates Affect Healthcare Providers and Patients

Medical computers of healthcare groups are filling up with news and discussions of possible new HIPAA rulings going into effect this year. We checked and verified it’s not only true, but the details on what those rules are have been released as well. We cover them today, as well as provide…


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How Concierge Medicine is Revolutionizing Patient Care

As a patient, have you ever slammed your (landline) phone down in frustration when you learned that the next opening to see your doctor isn’t available for three months? Or from the doctor’s side, you’re ready to punch your medical computer because you’re being dinged for spending 20 minutes per…


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AI Healthcare and Surgery: A Match Made in Heaven?

The healthcare sector is always striving to minimize risks for staff and patients. Medical computers are used throughout most clinics and hospitals since they’ve been built from ground up not to interfere with the numerous medical devices. Staff receive special training to handle urgent situations…


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How the FDA’s New Rules Made Cybersecurity for Medical Devices a Top Priority

Medical equipment like medical tablets do many things besides display patient medical records (EMR) or real-time patient vitals like heart rate. Many also provide limited protection from cyber attacks. This extended to medical devices, many of which are vulnerable to hackers. New federal government…


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How to Choose Between Becoming a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Nurse practitioner (NP) vs physician assistant (PA)? This common question affects many aspiring medical professionals who don’t want to follow the paths of traditional registered nurses and doctors. For some, the decision is easy, like choosing a medical tablet for its ease of mobility versus an…


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How Amazon Pharmacy is Disrupting the Traditional Pharmacy Industry

Technology can be disruptive. In healthcare, the rise of electronic medical records (EMR) displayed on medical computers and medical tablets upended literal warehouses of paper files into the recycle bin. Now online retail mega-giant Amazon is also being called “disruptive” in the online…


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The Opioid Overdose Crisis: Can Technology Be the Solution?

Remember the War on Drugs declared back in 1971? It has never ended. Instead, new drugs have emerged and, with them, new forms of abuse. Technologies like medical computers, which already have been in use, continue to play major roles. Originally used to simply house medical data, both the public…


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