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• Safety, Usability, And Security: A Look At Our Path To FDA Clearance

  7/5/2019

  Receiving our U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance was a multi-year journey for Ivenix, and the road was rigorous and exhaustive, as it should be. Ninety percent of patients receive an IV at some point during their hospital stay, so it’s critical that infusion pumps delivering potentially life-saving drugs are safe, intuitive and secure.

• Millennials Lead The Way To Healthcare Innovation

  10/3/2016

  Statisticians, researchers, and workplace experts love to talk about how different Millennials are than the rest of us as workers and consumers. There have been numerous studies about the potential impact of this group on the healthcare industry, since healthcare defies nearly every value that Millennials hold dear. By Mark Haddad, VP of Consulting for the Microsoft group, SADA Systems

• Preventing Email Data Breaches In Healthcare

  7/23/2018

  You don’t have to be a cybersecurity expert to know that data breaches are an all too common occurrence in healthcare. According to the 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon, healthcare suffered more breaches than any other industry in 2017, accounting for almost a quarter of all breaches investigated during that period. Consequently, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) were the most common types of data compromised overall, more so than banking and payment card details.

• How Payers Are Collaborating In Population Health

  9/24/2015

  It’s no surprise healthcare costs are significant — and growing. CMS announced in July that healthcare spending is projected to accelerate again, increasing an average of 5.8 percent a year until 2024. As a share of the economy, healthcare’s growth is anticipated to reach nearly 20 percent by 2024, from the current 17.4 percent. The so-called silver tsunami of 10,000 people turning 65 every day and enrolling in Medicare is one of the principal drivers of the projected expansion in healthcare spending as is the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions. By Mark Caron, CEO, Geneia

• Assuring The Healthcare IT Evolution Enterprise-Wide

  10/27/2017

  In his keynote speech at the 2017 Healthcare Security Forum, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge highlighted that a new reality exists with the proliferation of applications and access devices in healthcare. “IoT will become the Internet of Everything,” said Secretary Ridge. “Everything that makes healthcare more efficient, every access point, new device or algorithm, for every positive there’s a negative: risk and vulnerability.”

• From Milk Crates To Mobile IT: Hospice Improves Access To Patient Records On The Go

  1/29/2013

  Employees on the go know that handling documents in the field can be a difficult task – and perhaps no workforce knows this better than hospice caregivers. Hospice workers are road warriors who are constantly on the go to see patients in their homes, a job description that seemingly requires mobile technology.