Healthcare Executive Commentary
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Looking For A Cure: IT Security And Compliance In Healthcare
4/6/2016
Every day we hear about new struggles in healthcare. One ongoing concern is the Zika virus, a growing problem that the World Health Organization recently deemed a global public health emergency and has caused the CDC to issue travel alerts. But there is another problem plaguing healthcare that affects every single one of us, every day — the security of the information infrastructure that enables modern healthcare to exist.
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Unified Communications System Solves Phantom Calling And Quality Issues At Small Pet Hospital
3/23/2016
Businesses with multiple locations, call centers, complex call requirements, and extensive feature customizations often require a more sophisticated and expensive business communications system. But what about the average, single-location small business with less than 10 employees and relatively simple call requirements? They also deserve the same access to advanced unified communications (UC) features, with the versatility and affordability of a leading-edge VoIP business solution.
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Data Protection Without Borders
3/18/2016
Data sovereignty has garnered a lot of press and discussion over the last few months. But ask data owners, data creators, and those who process data what data sovereignty truly means and you will probably get many unique answers.
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Reducing Legal Risk Of MSPs Working With Healthcare Clients
3/17/2016
Recent regulations in the healthcare market have serious implications for MSPs and their healthcare clients, but the right compliance strategy can add value for everyone.
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Why Cloud Solutions Will Be Implemented More Often In Regulated Industries In 2016
1/5/2016
In 2016, organizations in highly regulated industries will increase their use of cloud solutions to support and complement their existing technology infrastructure.
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MSP Moves Medical Billing Company From 26 Servers To Cloud, Virtualization
12/11/2015
A managed services provider (MSP) works with a medical billing company to upgrade from servers to a private cloud and virtualization.
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5 Markets That Are Buying 2D Bar Code Scanners
11/3/2015
Although 1D bar codes are still prevalent across all industries, the implementation of 2D bar codes has skyrocketed. The reason is simple; smaller size and increased information.
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Five Common Ways Technology Vendors Put Protected Health Information (PHI) At Risk
10/30/2015
Healthcare IT vendors play a critical role for healthcare systems, helping them to manage enormous amounts of data in order to increase efficiency, improve patient care and improve financial performance. Unfortunately, IT vendors sometimes create new security gaps and with them new opportunities for data breaches to occur. Healthcare PHI breaches resulting from technology vendor mistakes and misunderstandings have increased over the past few years.
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MSPs: You Must Be HIPAA Compliant Too
9/30/2015
Any business dealing with medical patients’ personal health information (PHI) must understand and comply with HIPAA (and thus avoid potentially devastating enforcement actions). Unfortunately, these same businesses often struggle to gain a firm grasp on just how precisely HIPAA requires them to behave in all phases of their operations.
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Why Your IT Clients Need A HIPAA Risk Assessment
9/9/2015
If your clients deal with healthcare records of any kind for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) purposes, their business is considered either a covered entity or a business associate, and they should be preparing in earnest for Office of Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA audits in 2015 and 2016.