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• Back To The Past — Is A Private Cloud Really Safer

  12/3/2015

  Maybe it’s the word public, but some healthcare organizations think of public clouds as more vulnerable to security attacks, and thus, should be passed over in favor of privately built and managed cloud environments. But how well-grounded are these fears, especially given the frequency of internal healthcare data breaches? As it happens, healthcare IT in the public cloud — that is, in a data center environment managed by a third party vendor and which hosts data from numerous organizations — can enable the healthcare profession to leverage unique features not available anywhere else, including ironclad security. By Matt Ferrari, Chief Technology Officer, ClearDATA

• Pioneering Tech For Uncertain Times – COVID-19 Accelerates AI Adoption In Healthcare

  9/15/2020

  COVID-19 has ushered in a period of struggle and uncertainty for people, businesses, and industries everywhere – but it’s also forced them to seek and embrace innovative new tools and solutions that can help through the pandemic and beyond.

• Fixing The Need For A Fix: Bridging The IT Gap Between Physical And Behavioral Healthcare

  12/14/2018

  Treating addiction is not a simple process and the current treatment of 90-day detox programs works well if you have thousands of beds, staff and other resources. The actual behavioral health treatment of addition is not much better. It is still a time-consuming process requiring individual diagnosis, but largely driven by paper and trial and error guesswork.

• 3 Steps To Leveraging Analytics For Revenue Cycle Improvements

  5/24/2016

  Now more than ever, healthcare organizations are realizing the benefits of implementing a robust BI and data analytics program. To start, with revenue cycle optimization, analytics can increase and accelerate revenue, as well as eliminate revenue cycle inefficiencies. A strong BI program can also contribute to an organization’s quest to prepare for value-based reimbursement; however, before realizing any of these benefits, organizations must develop a plan specific to its needs and positioned to attain near- and long-term results. By Jeff Wood, vice president of product management, Navicure

• Archiving Vs. Backup — The Great Debate

  6/1/2017

  The confusion — perhaps better described as the debate — over backup versus archiving continues to rage on. As healthcare organizations are trying to do more with flat or falling budgets — while at the same time facing competitive, government, and/or legal pressures to store more data for longer — the healthy choice is to understand the difference.

• Unlocking Time: Using Technology To Improve Efficiency

  5/25/2017

  Time is a precious commodity in healthcare, and it seems to be dwindling as healthcare staff are asked to take on more responsibilities and sustain high quality care with fewer resources. By Mary Kay Thalken, RN, MBA, chief clinical officer of Ensocare