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• 5 Ways To Protect Sensitive Healthcare Data

  7/14/2017

  The number of ransomware emails jumped 6,000 percent between 2015 and 2016, per an IBM Security study. To put that into perspective, SonicWall reports there were 3.8 million ransomware attacks in 2015 and over 638 million in 2016. By John Harris, chief technology officer, SIGNiX

• In The Pursuit Of Health, Community Will See Us Through

  11/16/2020

  Our society functions on the foundation of numerous social contracts: public education, civil liberties, fair taxes, criminal justice. The crises of this year have tested America’s social contracts in unprecedented ways and brought our nation to a time that will someday be reflected upon as a turning point. Yet our healthcare system, the importance of which we are now starkly reminded daily, persists outside the bounds of our social contracts—not fully embraced as a collective pursuit. Healthcare in America continues to be largely viewed as an institution citizens engage with on a very individualized level. We now face an opportunity to embrace a new take and work as a team to save lives.

• 4 Indicators Of Hospital Inefficiencies Derived From Your IT Service Desk Analytics Metrics

  1/3/2020

  The seventh annual health IT outlook survey found 48 percent of participants felt unprepared to manage and execute effective IT operations within their healthcare facility based on their current training. Yet, the core reason for an IT service desk’s existence in a hospital is to quickly and accurately resolve issues reported by end users, ranging from physicians to front-end administrative staff. Health systems can leverage their initial user issue data for proactive mitigation as well as a way to stay competitive amidst continuous marketplace consolidation.

• Moving Data To Where It Needs To Be In Healthcare

  8/17/2016

  Napoleon is widely considered a brilliant leader and battle strategist. Yet, despite an arsenal of advantages including better arms, the regularity of higher force concentrations, and the superior chess-like maneuverability of his armies across European battlefields, Napoleon eventually fell.

• False Alarms Have Real Consequences In Hospitals

  10/23/2017

  As we go through our days, we are surrounded by a variety of alerts: clocks alarm in the morning, microwaves ding at lunch and dinner, smartphone reminders chirp throughout the day, and sounds of text messages are often in between. By Todd Plesko, Vice President of Product Strategy, Vocera Communications, Inc.

• Chronic Care Management 101: How Providers Can Make A Remarkable Difference

  11/11/2019

  The provider community strives day and night to improve patient outcomes and contribute to the dream of value-based healthcare. However, the complexity of chronic diseases renders strategies ineffective and prevents them from reducing available utilization. In the US, chronic diseases account for 75 percent of all healthcare spending, to the tune of $3.5 trillion. In fact, every 6 out of 10 U.S. adults is living with a chronic condition.