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Maintaining the safety and integrity of your electronic medical records software doesn't happen on its own. Rather, healthcare organizations must prioritize safety and security in order to mitigate their risk of cybersecurity attacks, data loss, and even internal...

Can one hospital software solution rule them all? Given the complexity of today's medical industry, the sheer number of systems that comprise the modern healthcare facility makes it difficult for IT buyers to choose just one that will suit each department's and user's...

Conducting a security assessment is an integral piece of any healthcare IT puzzle. It's one of the first steps in determining where vulnerabilities exist and provides a data-driven foundation on what to do to mitigate your risks.  But are your security assessments...

Comparing medical software companies is too important a decision to make without knowing what you're actually buying into. Whichever provider you choose will ultimately be your business's lifeline, and that decision shouldn't be taken lightly. To complicate the...

Choosing between healthcare software companies can often feel like diffusing a bomb: there's a lot weighing on your final decision, and you want to get the best possible outcome for your efforts. Historically, healthcare companies have been reluctant to adopt health...

Face-to-face interaction will always be the primary method of building relationships between you and your patients. However, healthcare software continues to play an increasing role in how those relationships are started and nurtured. Healthcare software shouldn't...

Despite the fact that healthcare organizations are largely lagging in digital technology adoption, many of them are actively pursuing ways to implement electronic health records and other solutions. It's a complex process, given the many hurdles that healthcare...

Enterprise risk management is becoming more of a priority for healthcare organizations. Not only would a healthcare breach pose devastating financial consequences to an organization's patients, it can also demolish the company's reputation. Performing a security risk...

Quality healthcare is a standard for living a healthy life, but the ways in which providers and organizations deliver care is far from being standardized. Point solutions and out of the box app development are quickly becoming less relevant in the healthcare industry....

It's a question plaguing thousands of healthcare organizations and facilities: should I invest in custom healthcare software development or purchase an off the shelf solution? Regardless of your area of practice, it's a struggle to work with inefficient systems and...

Just like the perfect fit of a custom-made suit, bespoke software development is quickly becoming the go-to choice for healthcare organizations to achieve operational excellence and interoperability. Technology continues to grow in sophistication, and with this growth...

Do your PSCs constantly have wait times? Are patient’s frustrated with the fact that they have to register again and again for lab services? Did the patient forget their lab order and have to come back? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need...

When's the last time you performed a vulnerability assessment within your healthcare organization? This assessment can be a valuable piece to your data protection and cybersecurity strategy. By defining, classifying, analyzing, and treating vulnerabilities within your...

You have just been tasked with setting up an HL7 interface to a disparate system and you don’t have the resources to accomplish the task. This is not an uncommon situation and because HL7 is not standard even within the same version, much alone across versions i.e....

Many laboratories do not have the resources to manage their day to day IT needs, let alone take on additional outside projects such as EMR interfacing. This interfacing process presents many challenges in dealing with connectivity and the various formats of the...

In 2015, Anthem Inc. was the victim of a breach that put 78.88 million records at risk. Also in 2015, Premera Blue Cross had over 11 million records exposed. In just the first three months of 2018, over 1 million healthcare records from various companies had been...

How to Conduct a Security Assessment of Your Healthcare Network If you’re concerned about keeping your patient data safe and secure, you only need to answer two questions: First, do you feel your network is as secure as it can be? And second, would you be willing to...