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• How to Approach Healthcare IT And Compliance: A Brief Tutorial On ISO 27799

  12/16/2014

  It’s been said time and again: healthcare regulations are a virtual alphabet/number soup. Entire books can be written about HIPAA regulations alone, so we’ll leave those aside for now. ISO 27001, ISO 27002, and ISO 27799 are only a few of the regulations required to protect individuals’ healthcare data. Noncompliance doesn’t only risk data loss, it also means you can incur large fines, individual, and class action lawsuits with massive punitive damages – and even be shut down. By Roy Peretz, VP of Product Management, Whitebox Security

• Automated Care Management: What The Future Of Healthcare Beholds?

  4/23/2019

  Building a sustainable model for care delivery is not a tough nut to crack as long as organizations have the right approach. If healthcare leaders can adapt to the constantly changing needs of providers and payers alike, they can steer their organizations toward a better future.

• The Next Stage Of Engagement: Patient Portals Must Extend Beyond The Basics

  4/19/2018

  A recent study estimates that as much as 80 percent of patient outcomes are related to factors outside of clinical care, such as patient behaviors, education and economic challenges. This finding is likely not surprising to providers who regularly face patients that do not follow care plans or do not understand how their lifestyle is negatively affecting a chronic condition.

• Massachusetts General Hospital Uses Smart Bar Code Printers To Ensure Patient Safety

  12/9/2010

  According to the FDA, hospitals could eliminate 50 percent of their medication administration errors by scanning bar codes at the point of care to positively identify patients, the medication they are about to receive, and match the information to a physician order. By Intermec, Inc.
• Healthcare Is Stepping Up To The Plate To Revamp The Industry!

  5/15/2018

  Technology is evolving at a stormy speed with time, and the new technological advancements have not left even the healthcare industry untouched. A plenty of new-age solutions, transformation of the EHRs and EMRs, patient portals with enhance offerings etc. are already marking the advancement of healthcare technology. However, in the coming years, healthcare industry is going to get a lot more than anticipated when it comes to the high-grade technological solutions. With the integration of AI based solutions to the application of machine learning, healthcare industry seems to have a highly advanced future.

• Enhancing Patient Education And Care Transitions

  6/22/2016

  Pharmacy expertise central to successful strategy. High performing hospitals and health systems recognize the value of a top-of-license approach to allocating clinical resources. This strategy ensures patients are paired with the right expertise at the right time — ultimately resulting in optimal outcomes.