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• Guest Column: PHI: 5 Important Guidelines For Avoiding The Next Breach

  7/19/2011

  PHI (Personal Health Information) breaches cost the healthcare industry billions each year and undermine patient trust. This article provides 5 tips to avoiding these incidents. By Todd Feinman, CEO, Identity Finder
• How The Section 1557 Ruling Affects Language Access In Healthcare

  2/20/2017

  This past year, new standards under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act went into effect. This new regulation prohibits discrimination in certain health programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and reinforces the assertion healthcare institutions are required to provide meaningful access to individuals needing communication assistance. In order to be compliant with the new standards, federally funded healthcare institutions are required to provide “language assistance services” for LEP patients. Kathryn Jackson, vice president of Language Operations, Stratus Video

• Cybersecurity: A Real And Present Danger For Practices Of All Sizes

  8/30/2019

  All healthcare organizations face growing threats from data breaches and cyberattacks, yet many small-and-midsize enterprises (SMEs) are caught off guard when they find data has been compromised. Lulled by the belief that they lack the high-profile data status to interest an attacker, these organizations leave themselves exposed to significant threat. Because security frameworks in SMEs are often deficient, cyber criminals consider them prime targets.

• What's Coming With The Next Generation Of Medical Devices? 6 Predictions

  2/24/2020

  Manufacturers know how crucial it is to continually improve their medical device tech and focus on usability, convenience and other factors relevant to providers and patients alike. Here are six things likely on the way for medical devices.

• The Data Proves It: First Case Starts And Turnover Time Are Not Your Best Metrics

  6/13/2017

  As a perioperative business manager for almost a decade, I’ve seen dozens of operating room efficiency improvement projects and benchmarks that focus heavily on first case delays and turnover times.

• The State Of Telehealth In 2019

  5/31/2019

  To say that technology has had a strong influence on the healthcare industry in the last two decades is almost an understatement. Telehealth has developed considerably in the last few years, and its capabilities today look far different from they did 20 years ago — when it consisted of more basic communication functionalities, like SMS text or web chat.