More With Less: Cut Back On Cost Using Technology
June 16, 2017
Organizations see the wisdom in deploying technology that allows them to do more with less. Forging an IT strategy that helps you cut back on cost using technology does not have to be a time-consuming endeavor. In many cases, awareness about the available and emerging technologies helps businesses…
Why Patients Want Telehealth – And How Providers Can Benefit From It
May 12, 2017
A recent study reveals how patients feel about telehealth. More than 50 million U.S. consumers are willing to switch to a provider that offers telehealth services. Notably, patients want telehealth for a broad scope of issues ranging from minor tasks like getting prescription refills to managing…
Data At Risk – BYOD vs Medical Tablets in Healthcare
April 28, 2017
You would be hard-pressed to find a healthcare worker who does not use a smartphone or tablet for work. Be it for taking notes during a phone conversation, searching for references, using medical apps, tapping out a quick email on the go, video conferencing with a patient, or signing medical image…
Prevent Physician Burnout with Health IT That Lifts The Burden
April 5, 2017
EHR can help providers. A lot has been said about how exactly EHR can help everyone in the health care. However, when providers implement EHR the physician productivity and patient satisfaction suddenly drop. The factor often unaccounted for is how the new technology blends with the end users, and…
HIMSS17 Takeaways on Cybersecurity, Interoperability & Telehealth
March 9, 2017
2017 HIMSS conference has come to an end. It was an overwhelming event – more than forty-five thousand attendees, 1,200+ exhibiting companies, 300 sessions on the 7 million square feet of Orlando’s County Convention Center. With so many topics and sessions, it is easy to feel like you have missed…
Ransomware Prevention & Mitigation in Healthcare
January 20, 2017
Ransomware is one of the most aggressive, damaging, adaptable and agile cyber attacks. It evolves fast; it is also easy to create; it scales well; it is easy money for the hackers. A 2016 survey by SentinelOne says 50% of organizations suffered a ransomware attack last year, and 85% of them on…
How Hackers Can Infiltrate Networked Medical Devices
June 29, 2016
Until fairly recently the medical community was not aware of the fact that there are hackers out there who have the ability to infiltrate a hospital’s medical devices and exploit the data contained in them for profit or for other purposes. Even though these devices tend to be protected using a…
Reducing Cybersecurity Threats with Biometric and Smart Card Readers
May 19, 2016
Health organizations have dedicated millions toward implementing security tools to thwart cybersecurity threats. Unfortunately, these efforts have been challenged, as firewalls, prevention systems, intrusion detection and email security have proven that executives and employees are among the…
Cybersecurity in the Construction Industry
May 17, 2016
Businesses in the construction industry, just like every other industry, are at an increasingly growing risk of a cyberattack. Even though the number of such attacks is lower in construction compared to other industries such as health care or defense, there is always a possibility that a hacker…
How Construction Companies are Using Rugged Tablets to Increase Worker Safety
March 17, 2016
If you work in the construction industry you know how hazardous it can be. There are many things that can happen on a construction job site or during the course of labor that can put a worker in jeopardy. These days, technology can go a long way to help decrease some of these workplace hazards.…
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