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• First Do No Harm — Then Do No Passwords

  4/30/2018

  In light of the recent cybersecurity guidelines issued by the SEC, companies’ policies are under the microscope more than ever. It has called on public companies to be more forthcoming about disclosing cybersecurity risks, even before a breach or attack happens.

• Technology Can Solve The Healthcare Industry's Employee Engagement Crisis

  6/29/2018

  When it comes to targeting optimum patient care, the healthcare industry has been a leader in visionary deployment of advanced technologies. But there’s one glaring area where this sector could benefit from an innovative technology solution: employee engagement. The healthcare industry has reached epidemic levels of disengagement, resulting in organizations struggling with issues such as absenteeism, poor attrition rates, loss of productivity, and business disruption. Unless the situation improves, the negative side effects of disengagement could have far more serious consequences for the healthcare industry, given that successful patient care outcomes are dependent on the engagement level of employees.

• Why Leading Hospitals Are Practicing IT Automation

  2/23/2018

  Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are reaping the benefits of IT Automation for a number of business, operational and data management processes. For instance, IT Automation can provide functionality that enables building workflows faster and more reliably, improving coordination of disparate technologies and tools used by various internal departments, third party providers and vendors, and provides a cohesive approach with increased efficiency.

• Coping With Crisis: The Benefits Of Cloud And Mobile Communications In Emergencies

  9/15/2020

  In the digital age, communication has grown into a far more complex and multi-faceted concept than anything we ever knew before. Companies are expected to respond to clients day or night, and people expect prompt replies on virtually every platform, from voice through to text messaging.

• Why Email Encryption Is Crucial In The EHR Age

  8/25/2011

  This article uncovers the vulnerabilities inherent in email communication and why email encryption is crucial to protecting PHI in this era of EHR ubiquity. By Daniel Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, Send Technology Inc.
• Health System CIO Priorities—Changes Ahead Due To Covid-19

  1/14/2021

  In February of 2020, one month before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, health system CIOs participated in a College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) survey to identify their top IT priorities and barriers to progress. A summary of this CHIME survey revealed that optimizing EHR/EMR services was the top IT priority, followed by patient engagement and consumer technologies—telemedicine, interoperability and analytics. Operating costs pressure was cited as the biggest barrier to making progress with these various health IT initiatives.