How Technology Prevents HIPAA Violations
January 9, 2019
8 min read
HIPAA violations are growing in number and cost, and have affected medical facilities of all sizes. [...]
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Breaking Down the ROI of Medical Computers
November 19, 2018
6 min read
It can be difficult for an IT department in any industry to convince a CFO to write a bigger check for computer hardware. The fact remains that healthcare computers are going to be more expensive than a commercial grade computer. But it is also important to understand that IT hardware is, at a minimum, [...]
Medical-Grade vs Regular Monitors: Differences Explained
August 7, 2018
6 min read
Computer monitors have become an integral part of our lives, not only at home and work, but in every facet of society today. You see them at the grocery store checkout line when the clerks scan your food, at the gas station pumps when you fill your tank, and even at parking kiosks to scan your ticket [...]
How to Prevent HIPAA Violations with a Secure Medical Computer System
July 24, 2018
6 min read
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was implemented in 1996, and set strict standards for properly securing medical records. The internet was only beginning to become a force in the world when HIPAA went into effect, and its creators could not have imagined the kinds of security [...]
Understanding How Medical Computers Enhance EMR Capability
June 6, 2018
6 min read
Technology in hospitals has advanced greatly towards automation and electronic document storage to improve the lives of patients and facilitate the jobs of medical professionals. As of 2015 96% of all non-federal acute care hospitals had adopted basic EMR software. Even in rural areas adoption was at [...]
4 Use Cases for Medical Tablets in Healthcare
May 31, 2018
6 min read
Medical tablets have revolutionized healthcare by shedding paper-based operations and by bringing quality care to underserved areas. These tablets have sophisticated systems that turn information recording to easy tasks saving time, energy, and money by improving efficiency rates. Mobility is the key [...]
Understanding the Move to Mobile and HIPAA
March 20, 2018
6 min read
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 birth [...]
Mishaps in Hospitals from Inadequate Hardware Problems
February 23, 2018
6 min read
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. Technology [...]
EHR and its Evolution into CHR: A Critical Look at Cutting-Edge Technology in Healthcare
January 11, 2018
6 min read
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, incorporating [...]
3 Ways Hospital Networks Can Impact Patient Care and How to Combat Them
January 4, 2018
5 min read
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 worst—patient [...]