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• Let SamSam Ransomware Serve As A Reminder To Lock Down Your Environment

  4/5/2018

  When SamSam ransomware brought down Allscripts systems last month, it negatively impacted medical professionals' ability to provide appropriate patient care for more than a week. While this particular attack went after the EHR vendor, an attack like SamSam could very well take a more localized approach of going after healthcare providers’ EHR environment directly. The consequences of not being able to treat patients effectively should be a reminder for health care providers to ensure they have fundamental security controls in place to protect the integrity of their own environments.

• Virtual Care: An Rx For Addressing Mental Health Struggles

  4/17/2019

  Although the stigma of mental and emotional health issues are beginning to subside, even those ready to get help encounter discouraging roadblocks: a lack of timely appointments because of a shortage of doctors, the high cost of care, the lack of insurance coverage for mental health services and the challenging emotional burden of acting on the symptoms of depression.

• Change, Technology, And Physicians: Can The Value-Based Care Transformation Prevent Burnout?

  9/19/2017

  Fifty-one percent. More than half. A majority. By John Khoury, Pharm.D., Vice President, National Payor/Provider Strategy at Lumeris

• 5 Ways That e-Prescribing Benefits Your Practice

  3/1/2012

  Under reform, e-Prescribing is not only mandatory under, it’s beneficial. This article outlines five quick ways that e-Prescribing can bring benefits to your practice. By Matthew J. Hawkins, CEO of Vitera Healthcare Solutions

• Ensuring Data Integrity Of Medical Devices: IT Challenges And Solutions

  6/13/2019

  Data integrity relates to maintaining data to ensure quality and consistency throughout the life cycle of the respective information. Data integrity applies to many industries and use cases, but it's exceptionally important in connection with medical devices.

• 4 Obstacles Blocking Business Intelligence In Healthcare

  12/29/2016

  Among all other industries, healthcare is no doubt the most hyper-personalized. However, while care depends on the personal relationship between patient and physician, it is also inextricably bound to technology. By Abby Adams, Senior Business Analyst, Itransition Group