Technology practices must rise to the challenge of handling data security and managing costs in the evolving healthcare industry. Practices unsure of adopting cloud computing solutions must consider the long-term…
There are very big concerns about IT Security in this age of mobile healthcare technology. In order to abide by federal regulations, healthcare personnel and facilities must safeguard patients’ records…
Keeping up with HIPAA and healthcare IT regulations can be a full-time job, if it is done in-house. However, most companies can outsource the liabilities associated with non-compliance by hiring…
There’s a big difference between using a shared cloud environment and using a private cloud for your healthcare or financial applications and data. If you’ve been under the impression that…
A lot has been said about the Cloud and its’ applications in business. It is the first real revolution in data storage since the invention of the removable disk. The bottom…
HIPAA was created primarily to protect the confidentiality and security of healthcare information. As a physician’s practice, you are responsible for ensuring you use HIPAA compliant IT service vendors, particular…
Outsourcing healthcare IT services has been growing at a fast pace over the past few years. Small hospitals and large physician practices may need to outsource the IT functions, in which case…
The difference between a public and a private cloud is that a private structure will be used to solely accommodate your company data whereas a public system has infrastructure that…
As many of you may have heard, Congresswoman Renee Ellmers introduced the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2014 to the U.S. House of Representatives on September 16,…
Executive Summary: Earlier this week, Microsoft privately released a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting all modern versions of Windows. Without this patch, a malicious file can download and execute…
1.What is the difference? To start this discussion, I feel it is important to draw the distinction between these two often interchanged words.
Healthcare practices must rise to the challenge of handling data security and managing costs in the evolving use of information technology. Practices unsure of adopting cloud computing solutions should consider…