FEATURED CONTENT

• Move Over Functional Obsolescence: Cybersecurity Is Driving Lifecycle Management For Connected Medical Devices

  3/7/2018

  As CIO’s and CISO’s who walk the halls of healthcare institutions know all too well, the number of devices being enabled in the Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things around us is exploding exponentially. With this explosion, complexities arise in security, data collection, storage, and especially lifecycle management. Devices have varying degrees of security and lifespans that range from two years up to 15 years, adding complications to management strategies.

• Automate And Audit Access Rights In A Healthcare Environment

  3/3/2017

  Access to critical data is paramount criteria for success in today’s electronic world. Physicians and caregivers need access to patients’ records to insure proper delivery of care, but encumbering employees and internal stakeholders with too many restrictions to systems or complicated access methodologies can have catastrophic consequences.

• Using Analytics For Healthier Encounters

  3/23/2018

  It’s no secret that a new business model has been emerging for the healthcare industry over the last several years. From its early days at the end of the previous century, the Managed Care model has slowly but surely been making its way into every nook and cranny of an industry desperately in need of reinventing itself. The reasons for this are many, but at its core, the promise of a healthcare delivery system organized to manage cost, utilization and the quality of healthcare services is just too promising to ignore.

• Compliance, Data, And Success In A Complex CIN/ACO World

  3/29/2019

  As CINs/ACOs expand as a strategy for value-based care, these organizations depend ever more heavily on data – and the expertise to gather, manage and use it – to achieve success. Part 1 of this two-part series, Knock Down Barriers and Achieve CIN/ACO Success, detailed the significant data challenges for integrated delivery systems that include separately owned legal entities. Part 2 outlines how health systems with an owned ACO/CIN provide the usable data, clinical support, proof of compliance, and strategic guidance required for an unwavering focus on care quality and patient experience. While simple to say, only the select few have mastered providing the right care in the right place at the right time – the holy grail for delivering high quality care at lower cost.

• Edge Computing And Healthcare: Looking To The Future

  6/19/2019

  There’s a lot of discussion within the healthcare sector about the adoption of edge computing. But behind all the hype and buzzwords is a very practical, accessible and deployable technology that has the potential to be a game changer for hospitals and clinics around the world.

• Case Study: Following A Devastating Fire, SmartSearch Helped A Medical Billing Company Rise Up From The Ashes And Opened The Door To A More Efficient And Profitable Future

  1/12/2010

  Documents are truly the lifeblood of many information-intensive businesses. For these companies, managing documents electronically can be a lifesaving business practice, as a prominent Maine medical billing company discovered—quite by accident. By Square 9 Softworks