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  1. Defending Healthcare IT In The Pandemic Landscape 8/31/2020

    Attackers have used subjects in the news as social engineering lures before, but this moved to the next level in the first half of 2020. From opportunistic phishers to scheming nation-state actors, cyber adversaries found multiple ways to exploit the pandemic for their benefit at enormous scale. Phishing and business email compromise schemes, nation-state-backed campaigns, and ransomware attacks were paramount among them. Bad actors worked to maximize the global nature of a pandemic that affected everyone, combined with an immediately expanded digital attack surface.

  2. Infection Control In The Era Of Smartphones And COVID-19 8/20/2020

    The broad availability and use of smartphones has not only revolutionized society, but also the way we conduct business. The healthcare industry is no different and has capitalized on the use of smartphones and mobile apps for healthcare workers. The World Health Organization found that mobile devices are used by approximately 90 percent of healthcare workers during the workday. Suppliers of many of the solutions for managing, caring, and interacting with patients also have responded by extending their software beyond the desktop, appearing as apps for deployment on smartphones.

  3. Today More Than Ever, Why Healthcare Must Embrace Disaster Recovery In The Cloud 8/20/2020

    With no signs of slowing, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing virtually every industry to reevaluate their data protection, availability, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies — or reap the consequences. Chief among those taking a hard look at whether they need to make changes to how they safeguard data is the healthcare industry.

  4. Reimagining The Future Of Hospital Crisis Management 8/20/2020

    COVID is the trigger that may be the ultimate transformation in healthcare. When the pandemic first hit, health systems went from managing a crisis occasionally to managing multifaceted situations every day. Healthcare organizations needed to reinvent themselves quickly and implement new approaches to everything. This ranged from workforce protection, supply chain and resource stabilization, patient flow and care protocols, and staff communication and engagement – all while dealing with a deadly respiratory pandemic, financial uncertainty, and typical seasonal emergencies, such as tornadoes.

  5. The Rise Of Telemedicine 8/20/2020

    The world came to a screeching halt in March when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Schools closed, major sports leagues suspended their seasons, and residents needed to shelter in place.

  6. How Did We Get Here? Hospital Analytics And The New Normal 8/13/2020

    I have heard the word “unprecedented” so many times in 2020 that it has lost its significance; many of us have become desensitized to the extraordinary changes in the world this year. However, I am challenged to find a better word to describe the current healthcare crisis and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty about the future. As our new normal continually evolves, we have seen unprecedented changes within our healthcare environment.

  7. New Research Sheds Light On COVID's Impact On Patient Communication 8/13/2020

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, healthcare organizations have been losing money for a variety of reasons. In fact, MJH Life Sciences found the average loss of revenue as a result of the pandemic is 36 percent. Most of this is related to a drop in volume, but that decrease isn’t entirely due to closures. Some patients aren’t going to the doctor, emergency department, or urgent care even when the facility is open. 

  8. Technology To Track The Spread Of COVID-19 8/11/2020

    Practically the entire world is focused on stopping the spread of COVID-19. Many methods have come to mind for doing so. One is contact tracing. Though a bit controversial, there are technologies that can be used for this application. One such promising technology is to use a graph database. And it has already been proven in a real case.

  9. HIPAA Celebrates A Birthday: COVID-19, HIPAA, And Your Rights 8/6/2020

    As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time to reflect on how the law has been doing. As with any big changes in healthcare, whether the advent of Electronic Health Systems (EHRs) in the past decade or a pandemic like COVID-19, nothing stays the same. All laws, rules, and regulations occasionally need some breathing room and this also applies to HIPAA. Here is an update on HIPPA changes and some examples of what not to do.

  10. Are You Prepared For Another Wave Of COVID-19? 8/3/2020

    As COVID-19 continues to impact the United States, scientists are learning more and more about how and when transmission takes place. We now see that the virus comes in peaks and valleys. And in a country of enormous geographical size like the U.S., we inevitably have areas all along the spectrum. And whether we call these peaks and valleys an extended first wave or a second wave, it doesn’t really matter. For the foreseeable future, COVID-19 isn't going anywhere—and this means you need to be prepared for whatever might come.