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…
3 Screen Technologies in Hospitals that Can Alleviate Problems
March 16, 2018
Not all screens are created equal, and that can be easily said for technology in a hospital. Screen tech should vary depending on the purpose the screen in question serves. Some monitors are used in surgical procedures, others are used heavily with EMR software, and some are even used by patients.…
Mishaps in Hospitals from Inadequate Hardware Problems
February 23, 2018
Technology is great. We can stick to 8 hour work days while increasing productivity and then go home to families or plan out our next self-driven project. Granted that's what technology is supposed to help us do, but sometimes bumps in the road of problem A to solution B can be tech-central.…
Advantages of Powered and Non-Powered Medical Carts
February 14, 2018
Any hospital or clinic will have a range of technology products to assist in patient care. Sometimes a hospital's budget restraints can't afford the latest in technology, so they opt for more financially viable solutions. Other times the needs of a medical staff might outweigh the potential high…
Protect Yourself with True Medical Computer Certification
February 8, 2018
It's likely you've read about the IEC 60601-1 medical certification here before, but previous topics haven't detailed the specifics behind safety and why that matters for a hospital and its patients. If a computer isn't 60601-1 certified, there are complicated hazards than what might appear on a…
3 Problems Hospitals Face that Can Be Reduced with Medical Computers
January 31, 2018
There are hiccups in workflow and patient care caused by universal problems in hospitals, but thankfully they can be shrunk. Before the communication age revolutionized how we do work, mistakes were abundant and costly. Fortunately for us now, productivity is higher and manual methods of patient…
Safety Awareness in Hospitals with Workstations on Wheels
January 17, 2018
Sometimes the smallest details of safety awareness in hospitals can prevent disaster. Fires can start in the blink of an eye. Tripping hazards may not be as apparent until someone unfortunately falls victim to a few dangling wires. It's important to be aware of what could turn into a problem before…
EHR and its 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,…
3 Ways Hospital Networks Can Impact Patient Care and How to Combat Them
January 4, 2018
No hospital network is perfect. An entire infrastructure for patient information is at the whim of Murphy’s Law unfortunately, and one glitch in an entire system can throw off the operations of a hospital in the blink of an eye, costing a chunk of productivity time, money, and the…
How EMR Software Upgrades Can Drive Computer Hardware Updates
December 11, 2017
The demand for computer capability has increased because of encroaching software complexity; we can no longer use clunky, old hardware to help our doctors and nurses complete an entire hospital shift. It's not just a matter of how slow a process might run on a medical computer, but rather if a…
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