How Technology Prevents HIPAA Violations
January 9, 2019
HIPAA violations are growing in number and cost, and have affected medical facilities of all sizes. While training and vigilance on the part of administrators and staff is a vital component to HIPAA compliance, the right technology can turn an open book into a bank vault. From secure medical grade…
How to Prepare for the Future of Medical Imaging
December 31, 2018
Reading, understanding, and making a diagnosis from a radiological or other medical scan is no easy feat, even for expert radiologists and doctors. Sometimes, signs get missed, visual illusions appear in the scan, or important factors get obscured. This is called “interpretive error,” and it means…
Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Visits with Telehealth
December 28, 2018
It’s no secret that medical facilities are understaffed, overcrowded, and often underfunded. Patients seem to be shipped in by the truckload, and factors like staffing shortages and doctor burnout have many professionals worrying about increased wait times and decreased patient satisfaction.…
Increasing Patient Engagement Improves Patient Outcomes
December 18, 2018
Patient engagement means the patient is doing more than just popping in for yearly checkups and going home without another thought toward their health. It means transforming from a passive consumer into an active member of the team devoted to promoting health. Educating Patients Leads to…
How Medical Computers can Help Combat the Opioid Crisis
December 7, 2018
Prescription opioids have been in the news quite a bit lately. Congress just recently passed sweeping legislation, commonly known as the SUPPORT bill, to help combat the opioid epidemic that has been on the rise the past several years. According to studies done by the National Institute on Drug…
3 Ways to Extend the Life of Legacy Medical Devices
August 21, 2018
Legacy technology is defined as technology which is no longer produced (or in many cases even supported), but which still functions and can be used. The medical industry is filled with legacy technology, and while it eventually becomes necessary to sundown a given piece of medical tech – retiring…
Understanding the Move to Mobile and HIPAA
March 20, 2018
Five years after the Internet went live to an unsuspecting public - one that had no idea how much it would need cat videos, online shopping and binge-watching - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was born in 1996. Fast forward more than 20 years and we’ve seen the…
Healthcare IT and the Impact of the Blockchain Ledger
February 20, 2018
Cryptocurrencies have been trending in the news lately because of their volatile market price, security, and popularity. Investors and money moguls alike have dumped "real" money into the cryptocurrency market, turning fiction into fortune with an intangible concept of data that holds wealth in…
EHR and it’s Evolution into CHR: A Critical Look at Cutting-Edge Technology in Healthcare
January 11, 2018
Epic CEO, Judy Faulker, recently expressed her view how Electronic Health Records are evolving into Comprehensive Health Records—a term that evaluates more than just a specific window of sampling an individual's health from doctor visits. CHR is a term that may be invented as the new EHR,…
How Two-Factor Authentication is a Small-Scale Standard for Protecting Information
October 16, 2017
This year is no stranger to cyber-security attacks. One need only to refer to the Equifax data leak to recall security mishaps or the ransomware culprit "WannaCry" that holds protected information "ransom" unless victims pay to have the compromised files released. These and other attacks hit…
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