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• Infectious Disease Prevention With Continuous Monitoring And Fault Detection Software

  2/28/2019

  Legionella pneumophila is a worldwide, waterborne bacteria that is extremely common and found naturally in the environment; it is also the cause of a severe form of pneumonia called Legionnaires Disease, which can be deadly. The number of people getting sick from Legionella bacteria in healthcare environments has been steadily and substantially increasing in the last decade as these facilities often house those who are most susceptible, such as the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

• The Benefits Of IT Convergence In Healthcare

  1/21/2011

  This article explores how network convergence can help hospitals reduce costs, while boosting patient care and service levels. By Rod Sampson, director of marketing, Belden

• How HIT Can Bridge The Payer/Provider Divide

  8/25/2017

  The era of outright tension between provider organizations, seeking to maximize payments in fee-for-service arrangements and payers, seeking to minimize unit costs, has begun to dissipate.

• AHIMA 2009 Convention & Exhibit Booth Visit: MedQuist Booth 1600

  10/26/2009

  MedQuist Inc. is the largest Medical Transcription Service Organization in the world and a player in technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow.

• Eliminating The Vulnerabilities Of Connected Medical Devices

  2/10/2020

  In May 2019 an FDA safety warning about unauthorized automated insulin dosing systems highlighted a major vulnerability that is present in all connected medical devices. A flaw in an FDA-authorized insulin pump had enabled it to be re-programmed for use with an unauthorized device to create a customized treatment for Type 1 diabetes. Cybercriminals can exploit this same type of flaw to hijack these and other connected medical devices, access their data and alter health monitoring and other operations. The same vulnerability can be exploited to introduce counterfeit devices and associated consumables into the market.

• Imaging Moves Into The Mainstream

  7/28/2011

  Misperceptions about 2-D imagers are changing fast, which is why 2-D imagers are the fastest-growing category of bar code readers. Only a few years ago, 2-D imagers were (wrongly) considered a niche technology mostly used for reading 2-D bar codes. Now they are becoming the technology of choice for most bar code applications, and lasers are on the way to becoming a niche technology. By Intermec