Articles By Megan Williams

  1. Are You Ready For The Telehealth Shift Into mHealth? 6/8/2016

    Telehealth has always been about extending the reach of medicine closer to where patients are, so perhaps it should be no surprise that the future of telehealth is starting lean toward another healthcare trend — mHealth.

  2. 8 Mid-year HIT Trends To Watch 6/7/2016

    Trend lists can seem like a complete waste of your time as a vendor, but don’t jump to any conclusions — your clients are on the same Internet you are, working to stay on top of the cutting-edge conversation in healthcare. So, while many lists can seem like the same information regurgitated for the umpteenth time, what they really contain are clues to key topics that are top-of-mind for your clients.

  3. Care Management Solutions Present Growing Opportunities For Vendors 5/31/2016

    As healthcare continues to transition to a more results-driven era, smart VARs will want to stay on top of the changes. Care management solutions are looking to be one of the most promising areas of opportunity, an expectation supported by a Markets and Markets report.

  4. Data Breach Affecting 59K Announced By Ohio Mental Health Department 5/20/2016

    The Ohio Department Of Mental Health And Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) has announced a wide-reaching breach to affected patients. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

  5. Blockchain And Big Data: A Solution To Healthcare's Biggest Problem 5/19/2016

    Even as Big Data has ushered in excited conversations around a future shaped by population health and predictive analytics, the healthcare industry continues to struggle with challenges around interoperability, data silos, security, and other concerns. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

  6. OIG Finds 129 Medicare Security Gaps 5/17/2016

    The OIG, the nation’s largest office dedicated to combatting waste and fraud within HHS programs, has released its review of Medicare contractors for fiscal year 2014. While some improvements were found, overall, most contractors have room for growth.

  7. Do New NIST Standards Mean A New Day For Healthcare Encryption? 5/11/2016

    A new set of cryptographic standards released by the NIST could impact practices around healthcare data encryption.

  8. Healthcare Organizations Still Trust Slow-Moving Compliance Regulations Despite Risk 5/5/2016

    The regulatory environment in healthcare is becoming increasingly complex, but healthcare organizations are still managing to keep up. Unsurprisingly, this has created an environment where compliance with regulations frequently takes precedence over actual security.

  9. Unsecured Databases, Unauthorized Vendor Access Cause Of Recent Breaches 4/29/2016

    Recent data breaches in Pennsylvania and Florida have been connected to unsecured databases and unauthorized vendor access.

  10. Encryption: The New Focus Of Healthcare Organizations 4/22/2016

    Patient data may actually be safer today than it was at the time of the Anthem Breach. According to HealthData Management, this is largely due to hospital CISOs using encryption more extensively — a practice Anthem wasn’t engaging in at the time of attack.