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• Head To Head: EHR With Responsive Patient Portal Vs. An EHR-Integrated Custom Mobile App

  10/21/2016

  When considering patient communication tools, patient portals are an obvious choice as they are proposed and incentivized by CMS. By Lola Koktysh, Healthcare Industry Analyst, ScienceSoft

• Harnessing The Power Of The Browser To Improve Care

  7/18/2016

  As mobile technology becomes engrained into almost all facets of life and business, the rise of mobile healthcare, or mHealth, is not surprising. By Ilan Paretsky, Vice President of Marketing, Ericom Software

• How To Develop A Cyber Security Practice

  11/19/2018

  The potential business revenue from rising compliance requirements and security threats is hard to ignore. The increasing press coverage of ransomware attacks and fines for non-compliance is driving awareness and urgency. Even the slow adopter business owners and managers know something needs to be done to limit their corporate risks and individual exposure, and time isn’t on their side. What tools are necessary, how to integrate it into the IT services offering, how to market it? What are the best ways to go about developing sound cyber-security policies and practices in 2018 that could be used for commercial gain as well as internal commercial security? Here are some recommendations.

• Patient Data Breaches And Healthcare Cyber Risks

  11/9/2016

  Healthcare organizations are a treasure trove of personally identifiable information (PII), making them very lucrative targets for cybercriminals. Databases of stolen medical records are being sold on the black market for as much as $200,000. By Ellen Fischl-Bodner, Healthcare IT security subject matter expert, Tufin

• What Makes Care Intelligent?

  2/23/2016

  In just a few days, more than 40,000 healthcare professionals will gather in Las Vegas for HIMSS 2016. Looking back over the last several years of this conference, there’s been a distinct shift in the conversation, from discussions centered around documentation and electronic record keeping to a thematic focus on intelligent care. A mere glance at the top five priorities from health IT leaders shows that issues like connected health, data sharing and on-demand care delivery are salient issues for our industry.

• The Foundation For Healthcare Democratization

  1/27/2016

  The provision of healthcare is a basic human necessity, but access to healthcare is by no means universal. While the U.K.’s National Health Service, Obama’s Affordable Healthcare Act in the U.S. and Singapore’s national health system have all succeeded at least in part in bringing affordable health services to more people, truly democratized healthcare is yet to materialize. As connectivity becomes more globally ubiquitous, the prospect of using technology to complement existing healthcare provision has exciting potential for saving lives and democratizing healthcare the world over. By Genius Wong, President, Global Network Services, Cloud and Data Center Services,Tata Communications