Replace 6 Hospital Equipment with One Medical Computer or Tablet
September 22, 2022
12 min read
Remember the days people used to walk with stereos and their arms fatigued from holding those bulky video cameras? [...]
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HIPAA Guidelines & What is HIPAA Compliance [Compliance Checklist]
September 15, 2022
8 min read
You know what is an easy way to save 1.5 Million dollars? Follow HIPAA's regulations. This is the amount that companies on average are paying for each HIPAA violation. That is not including possible job loss or jail time. [...]
5 Uses for Medical Computers in Hospitals
August 18, 2022
10 min read
In the mid-Fifties, computer use in hospitals was mainly in the automation of financial and accounting tasks. As the technology grew and regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and Medicare/Medicaid information systems changed, computers became more and more common [...]
How EMR, mHealth, and Smart Homes Comfort Hospice Residents
May 17, 2022
11 min read
In 3 Technologies That Are Advancing Hospice Care, we discussed how telemedicine, predictive analytics, and virtual reality (VR) benefited patients in hospice. This time, we're covering three additional technologies: electronic medical records (EMR), mHealth (example: wearables), and smart homes. [...]
3 Unconventional Telehealth Solutions to Meet Rural Healthcare Needs
May 5, 2022
9 min read
Telehealth played a critical role helping people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows patients to safely contact their providers to deal with their non-urgent but still important conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and pregnancy. [...]
Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Five Misconceptions and the Facts Behind Them
April 19, 2022
8 min read
You're at your doctor's waiting room. No one likes to hear that they are going to need surgery, let alone that it might be a robotic-assisted procedure, which is highly possible with today's fast paced advancements in medical technology. [...]
What is Right to Repair and How Does it Affect Medical Devices?
February 1, 2022
7 min read
Right to Repair (RtR, R2R) is a movement by consumers and repair shops to have Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) make available normally proprietary information of their products, as well as provide any necessary tools and spare parts. That way, product owners or such shops can make repairs or [...]
4 Reasons to Use Medical Grade Monitors in Diagnostic Imaging
January 4, 2022
6 min read
In 1895, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen revolutionized the field of medicine when he inadvertently created the world's first radiographic image by passing his hand in front of a cathode ray tube. Today, more than a century later, digital technology allows doctors to capture diagnostic images with a [...]
3 Approaches to Protecting Your Networks on Computer Security Day
November 30, 2021
8 min read
November 30th, 1988, should be marked as a day of infamy for our modern, connected times. During that month, researchers at Cornell University discovered an unknown virus lurking in their computer systems. This so-called "Morris worm" would quickly spread to other connected university systems. If it [...]
Best Medical Tablets for Healthcare
August 11, 2021
4 min read
We are well into the digital revolution in Healthcare. Gone are the days of clipboards and storage rooms filled with folders of handwritten patient records. Medical Tablets are now the standard way medical data is captured and received at the point of care. These tablets eliminate the need to record [...]