Feature Content

91. 5 Reasons E-Signature Is Invaluable 8/21/2017

    Electronic signature is a fast-growing technology in all industries. By Ellen Sluder, VP, Marketing, Medforce Technologies Inc.

92. Document Storage Systems: The Role They Could Play In Healthcare 8/9/2017

    Document storage systems are becoming imperatives in healthcare, particularly as the industry changes in terms of legislation, privatization, and direct care measures. By Jesse Wood, CEO, eFileCabinet

93. Cybersecurity: The Threat Hospitals Can No Longer Ignore 8/7/2017

    Golden Eye/Petya, the latest ransomware attack devastating businesses from shipping companies to banks and even drug manufacturers across the U.K., has brought to the fore the seriousness of cybersecurity and why it is an issue hospitals cannot afford to ignore. In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware attack crippled nearly a quarter of the hospitals in the U.K. and infected 200,000 computers across 150 countries, providing another stark example of what could happen here in the U.S. By Justin Sotomayor, pharmacy informatics director, CompleteRx

94. The Digitization Of Healthcare Is A One-Way Street 8/3/2017

    Healthcare is about a lot of things. One of those things is information; everything from a patient’s medical history to their current medications, known allergies to insurance, and much more. By Cristian Pascual, co-founder and CEO, Mediktor

95. The High Cost Of Medication Errors 8/1/2017

    Improving the outlook through better management of alert fatigue By Raj Gopalan, MD, MSIS, Vice President of Innovation and Clinical Informatics, Wolters Kluwer

96. The Internet of Things In Healthcare 7/26/2017

    The world of healthcare IT is well immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT). By Eileen Haggerty, senior director enterprise business operations, NETSCOUT

97. Tech Can Solve A Stubborn Problem: Medication Adherence 7/21/2017

    Despite the healthcare ecosystem’s push for transparency, there remains a shroud of secrecy around one ubiquitous healthcare treatment tool: prescription drugs. By Thomas Borzilleri, CEO, InteliSys Health

98. Why Top Healthcare Institutions Are Moving Toward Integrated Security Solutions 7/12/2017

    According to an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology report, 87 percent of office-based physicians had adopted some form of EHR as of 2015. This is more than double the 42 percent that had done so when data was collected in 2008. By Susan Biddle, senior director of Healthcare, Fortinet

99. Healthcare's 5 Most Exploitable Cyberattack Vectors And How To Secure Them 7/10/2017

    Hospitals and healthcare organizations are among the most vulnerable enterprises to security attacks. Why? Not only are they a lucrative target for attackers with critical information on the line and downtime risks dangerously high, they also are home to a unique set of security attack vectors. By Jerry Hook, system architect and director of Microsoft platforms, Veristor

100. AMA EHR Initiatives: What They Mean For Tomorrow's Doctors 7/7/2017

     The AMA recently announced two separate initiatives around EHR training for next-generation doctors: the AMA Health System Science Textbook and the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative.