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• Cybersecurity: The Threat Hospitals Can No Longer Ignore

  8/7/2017

  Golden Eye/Petya, the latest ransomware attack devastating businesses from shipping companies to banks and even drug manufacturers across the U.K., has brought to the fore the seriousness of cybersecurity and why it is an issue hospitals cannot afford to ignore. In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware attack crippled nearly a quarter of the hospitals in the U.K. and infected 200,000 computers across 150 countries, providing another stark example of what could happen here in the U.S. By Justin Sotomayor, pharmacy informatics director, CompleteRx

• Next Generation House Calls: Technology Paves The Way For Rise In Home Health Care

  3/9/2016

  The Affordable Care Act has been the catalyst for seismic shifts in the healthcare landscape. The associated regulations pertaining to Medicare and Medicaid, value-based outcomes, discharge planning, and home health agencies have created both challenges and opportunities. One of the trends arising from these changes is an increase in home-based healthcare, which is being promoted as a more efficient and effective way to treat the growing elderly population as well as patients with disabilities and chronic conditions

• How Digital Experience Platforms Are Changing The Way Patients Receive Services

  1/31/2018

  The quality of care that medical patients receive is, of course, a crucial contributing factor to their health outcomes and wellness. While a medical professional’s knowledge and bedside manner have always been key variables, we’re at a point where the patient’s digital experience – connecting through online healthcare portals – cannot be an afterthought.

• Imaging Moves Into The Mainstream

  7/28/2011

  Misperceptions about 2-D imagers are changing fast, which is why 2-D imagers are the fastest-growing category of bar code readers. Only a few years ago, 2-D imagers were (wrongly) considered a niche technology mostly used for reading 2-D bar codes. Now they are becoming the technology of choice for most bar code applications, and lasers are on the way to becoming a niche technology. By Intermec

• EHR Testing: Specifics And Best Practices

  9/24/2019

  We look at the specifics of EHR testing and share best practices that increase the quality and velocity of the testing process.

• The Perils Of Storing Key Content On-Site

  3/31/2016

  “Electronic medical records led to quite the unique hostage situation in Los Angeles [recently].” That’s what The Washington Post wrote about a computer hack at an L.A. hospital, prompting the hospital to pay $17,000 in ransom to the hackers.