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• Guest Column: Equipment Financing Alleviates HIT and EHR Adoption Pressures

  10/27/2010

  This article explains how equipment financing could provide one less headache for healthcare providers faced with growing IT demands in a struggling economy. By Erik R. Jensen, senior VP, Key Equipment Finance
• How Hospitals Are Getting Hacked And How To Prevent It From Happening To You

  5/26/2016

  Many of you have likely heard the term ransomware begin to pop up in conversation or news reports. For those unfamiliar, ransomware is not a method of hacking, but instead a malicious malware attack that renders systems and data unusable to the victim until they pay a ransom. It’s hacking monetized.

• Radiation Exposure: Avoiding Repetitive Exams And Raising Patient Awareness

  4/20/2018

  It’s no news that individuals are exposed to daily background radiation, including cosmic, terrestrial, and internal one. Fortunately, the amount is not big enough to cause real damage to the human organism. However, medical procedures as x-ray, computed tomography, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine imaging — those using ionizing radiation to generate images of the body — may negatively affect the DNA. And exceeding permissible doses may lead to the development of carcinogenic tumors.

• Technology Options For Healthcare Color Label & Wristband Printing

  10/14/2009

  Color has earned a permanent place in healthcare processes because it has proven to be an effective enhancement to labels, files, forms and wristbands. Selective, appropriate use of color can enhance patient safety by providing an extra visual reminder to differentiate potential lookalike or soundalike medications, highlight dosages, dietary restrictions, allergies and other alerts, and to easily identify specimens to streamline sorting and prioritize processing. Color on files, records, specimen labels, test orders, meal tickets and other documents also supports more efficient workflows. By Epson America, Inc.
• Mismatched: How Patient Identification Errors Are Costing Patients And Health Systems

  11/29/2017

  Imagine two patients with the same last name, admitted for separate ailments at the same hospital. One is mistakenly treated with a medication intended for the other patient—and has a serious reaction to the drug. Patient mix-ups are all-too-frequent occurrences at many hospitals across the U.S., leading to redundant tests, wrong diagnoses, incorrect treatment services and unnecessary hospitalizations – while increasing costs.

• 4 Ways Hospitals And Health Systems Can Attract Prospective Patients Online

  5/4/2018

  Hospitals and health systems must focus on building an appealing online presence to attract new patients and grow their businesses. Here are four of the most impactful ways healthcare organizations can achieve that goal.