Have Hospitals Begun Accepting Healthcare Innovation Technology?
June 16, 2020
Despite the constant release of ever-improving pieces of healthcare innovation technology, providers and facilities can be rather averse to adopting these new hardware and software. While there have been more popularly accepted pieces of tech, such as medical all in one PCs and EHRs due to their…
Why Data Privacy is Essential for All Industries
January 28, 2020
As if smartphones, medical grade computers, and industrial tablets weren’t enough of an indicator, new technology is constantly integrating into every facet of our lives. But it isn’t just hardware that’s becoming smarter, businesses have begun to notice that important data on clients, ingested…
Healthcare Needs to Communicate Better
July 18, 2019
Playwright George Bernard Shaw once famously said: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Anyone who’s ever worked in a hospital (or healthcare in general) can attest to just how sadly true that sentiment is. And while there are thousands of reasons…
Is Blockchain Right for Healthcare?
January 17, 2019
You may have heard that blockchain is “the next big thing.” And while “next big things” seem to rain from the sky in the tech world, there may be some truth in this particular case. Blockchain came on the scene in 2008, the brainchild of a still-anonymous person or team of people called “Satoshi…
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…
Are BYOD Policies in Healthcare a Mistake?
January 4, 2019
What an age we live in. The omnipresent nature of smartphones in today’s modern society has led to the idea of “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)” into the workplace. Simply, since everyone has one, let them use it at work for work purposes. Just look around you. Everyone is walking around with an…
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…
Medical Tablets: Complying with HIPAA
March 2, 2017
Healthcare providers increasingly use clinical applications such as EHR, clinical decision support systems, order entry systems, radiology, laboratory and other systems. Health IT makes the medical workforce more agile, mobile and productive. Mobile devices let physicians check patient records on…
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