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 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 the Right EMR System for Your Practice

You’ve been tasked by your healthcare group to submit recommendations for its electronic medical records (EMR) platform. You know the right (or wrong) EMR systems will have an impact for years to come, affecting medical staff productivity and the choice of medical computer to display patient…


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How to Pick Right Isolation Cart for Your Healthcare Group

The healthcare industry is a unique setting. Devices and equipment most people consider mundane have to be customized to medical facilities’ strict requirements. Medical computers and tablets are used in hospitals, for example, not typical off-the-shelf brands found in most offices and at…


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What is Included in the Protected Health Information PHI?

Understanding the importance of PHI is crucial since it contributes to safeguarding the security and privacy of people’s health information as well as the privacy of any information about the medical services they get. Knowing the importance of PHI also guarantees that businesses handling…


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Three Ways Misdiagnosis Can Be Reduced by Technology

People make mistakes. It’s human nature, right? But a waiter entering the wrong customer’s order will just get it sent back. A provider, though, entering the wrong diagnosis of a patient’s condition into a medical computer can potentially have more severe, even fatal, results. So to reduce those…


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Three Promising Early Diagnosis Technologies to Save Lives

You’ve been tasked to help save lives.  Specifically, you and the rest of healthcare IT are to look into the latest medical technologies for the early diagnosis of illness in patients. We help provide some guidance in that search, starting with what is early diagnosis and its importance in…


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Everything You Need to Know Before Buying an Anesthesia Cart

It’s not surprising the healthcare industry requires a lot of specialized equipment. Many of the tasks performed like surgery are unique. That’s why medical computers, for example, are used instead of off-the-shelf brands. Features like medical grade and fanless ensure they’re able to handle the…


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Fall Prevention Programs in Hospitals and the Role of Technology

Medical dramas should consider adding patient falls alongside Code Blue and other hospital emergencies. Even a simple tumble from the bed can suddenly have a patient being whisked to the OR. We cover three reasons why falls have such an effect, and go in-depth on how fall prevention programs in…


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