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Hospital system addresses IBM SVC performance, stability problems with alternative configuration
Spectrum Health breaks up IBM SVC eight-node cluster, taking uncommon tiered approach to improve stability and performance of storage virtualization system. Case Study
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FAQ: How can virtualized storage be used for medical images?
Virtual storage technology can ease the burden medical images place on data centers. This FAQ address the hardware, software and management issues that virtual storage presents. Tutorial
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Storage monitoring tools cut hospital's storage performance problems
Find out why a health care provider turned to storage monitoring tools from Virtual Instruments to help them alleviate application crashes and SFP failures. Tutorial
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Radiology firm uses Compellent Data Progression to cut disk costs
Compellent Data Progression automated tiering software expands data storage through cheaper tier 3 SATA disks; offers tiering and sub-tiering level options. Case Study
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FAQ: How can cloud services be used in health care?
Cloud services let health care providers move storage, data processing and other systems onto the Internet, provided that security and data ownership concerns are addressed. FAQ
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FAQ: What is health data archiving?
Data archiving lets health care providers store patient records for years, as state and federal laws require. This FAQ addresses types of storage, outsourcing and other concerns. FAQ
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FAQ: How is server virtualization technology used in health care?
Server virtualization technology helps organizations cut maintenance and administration costs while improving performance. But health care providers must keep a few things in mind. FAQ
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FAQ: What is a personal health records service?
Personal health records give patients and doctors better access to important medical information than paper files do. This FAQ covers questions commonly asked about PHR services. Tutorial
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FAQ: How does PACS technology affect health care IT?
Using PACS technology, health care providers store digital images from medical devices. The switch from film processing comes with up-front costs but is worth it in the long run. FAQ
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What big data means for health data analytics, in practical terms
An Intel executive explains what big data means for health care, as well as what the chip vendor is doing to improve quality and clinical research through health data analytics. News | 14 Mar 2012
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Not all providers will reap cloud image storage savings
While small health care providers may save money by using a cloud storage provider, larger facilities may be better off managing their own data centers. One CIO explains why here. News | 14 Feb 2012
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Fog surrounding health care cloud begins to clear
Health care's reluctance to embrace cloud computing is waning, in part because it helps meet HIPAA disaster recovery rules, but cost and bandwidth make it a poor fit for some. News | 01 Feb 2012
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Health care moving toward cloud storage services cautiously
Providers are kicking the tires on cloud storage, which offers the potential to lighten ever-growing storage loads, while asking key questions about security and performance. News | 22 Nov 2011
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HIPAA compliance in a virtualized server environment
Learn how one radiology group fulfills HIPAA mandates for offsite data backups and data availability through its virtualized server environment, which spawned from a PACS upgrade. Case Study | 23 Aug 2011
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Data replication software helps hospital network prepare for the worst
The UPMC health network faced several data replication software challenges when ramping up its disaster recovery site. News | 21 Jul 2011
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Retooling HIPAA business associate agreements for updated rules
What should hospitals be adding to HIPAA business associate agreements in the light of the HITECH Act mandates about to go into effect? A recent AHIMA event offered much advice. News | 14 Mar 2011
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Community health center changes data protection strategy with Syncsort
A community health center switches its data management and data protection strategy, moving from an EMC SAN and reliance on tape to NetApp and NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB). News | 08 Mar 2011
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Healthcare network's DR plan enables data center move without downtime
Virtua’s plan for migrating data between data centers without downtime included a storage array upgrade and accelerated virtual machine implementation. News | 03 Mar 2011
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Bringing radiology imaging from PACS to PHR services
Microsoft HealthVault has been picked for a federally funded platform to port radiology imaging data to personal health records. Google Health, meanwhile, isn't ready for imaging. News | 02 Feb 2011
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Finding a modernized data backup solution for health care
Health care organizations are required by HIPAA to create and maintain data backups. This tip explains how to choose a data backup solution that works for your organization. Tip
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How to choose the right options for your shared storage system
When choosing a shared storage system for your virtual infrastructure, it's important to compare different solutions. This tip examines the pros and cons of shared storage options. Tip
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Understanding shared storage options for your virtual infrastructure
Sorting through all the shared storage options available for your virtual infrastructure can be confusing. This tip offers some best practices for choosing a shared storage system. Tip
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How to create an on-site medical image archive
There's no single solution for health care organizations building on-site image archives. Differing fault tolerance, capacity planning, workflow and retention needs come into play. Tip
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Finding the right storage for server virtualization implementations
An efficient virtual server environment needs the right storage infrastructure. This article outlines the main storage considerations for a virtual server implementation. Tip
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Considerations for cloud data backup in health care
Cloud storage is becoming increasingly popular. But there are several points to consider when looking at cloud data backup for health care information. Tip
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Business continuity plans protect patients, organizations
Even trivial events can suddenly leave health workers unable to access clinical applications and patient data. Effective business continuity plans will keep key systems running. Tip
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Cloud storage security considerations for health care providers
Cloud storage is a viable option for health care entities, but they must address HIPAA compliance, risk assessment and data encryption before contracting with a service provider. Tip
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Health care, cloud storage providers and data ownership
Before a health care organization contracts with a cloud storage provider, both sides must settle the thorny issues of data ownership, possession, backup and retrieval. Tip
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Tips for thin provisioning storage in a health care setting
When thin provisioning works, it makes for more efficient use of storage and easier routine maintenance easier. When it doesn't work, capacity overload occurs. Tip
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medical transcription (MT)
Medical transcription (MT) is the manual processing of voice reports dictated by physicians and other healthcare professionals into text format. Definition
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picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is an information system used to acquire, store, retrieve, present and distribute medical images. Ideally, all processes should be automated and all data should be digital. Definition
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Storage management best practices for a virtual server environment
Several storage management best practices apply specifically to virtualized environments. Virtualization expert Eric Siebert describes several in this podcast. Podcast
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Using tiered storage architecture for health records
With tiered storage architecture, health care organizations can keep critical data on the faster systems and older data on slower ones. This expert webcast explains how. Video
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Provider survey: Medical records scanning all over the map
Iron Mountain polled 200 providers, large and small, on how they're tackling medical records scanning. Results are all over the map. This podcast offers tips on where to start. Podcast
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The benefits of object-based storage for health care
Object-based storage cuts down on the bottleneck when a large file such as a medical image is opened. This podcast discusses how to use the concept in health care data centers. Podcast
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Beyond billing: ICD-10 codes an opportunity for richer data
The transition to ICD-10 codes will be a challenge; but as one CIO is finding, more specific codes will mean more accurate clinical information, not to mention better billing. Podcast
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One hospital CIO details a bumpy path to meaningful use
In this podcast, the CIO of a 232-bed hospital discusses the obstacles it is facing to meet the requirements for meaningful use. These include upgrading its clinical apps and infrastructure. Podcast
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Tips for running clinical applications in a virtual environment
Uncertain about how to run clinical applications in a virtual environment? Check out these tips from an experienced health care IT professional. Podcast
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Finding a modernized data backup solution for health care
Health care organizations are required by HIPAA to create and maintain data backups. This tip explains how to choose a data backup solution that works for your organization. Tip
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How to choose the right options for your shared storage system
When choosing a shared storage system for your virtual infrastructure, it's important to compare different solutions. This tip examines the pros and cons of shared storage options. Tip
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Understanding shared storage options for your virtual infrastructure
Sorting through all the shared storage options available for your virtual infrastructure can be confusing. This tip offers some best practices for choosing a shared storage system. Tip
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Storage management best practices for a virtual server environment
Several storage management best practices apply specifically to virtualized environments. Virtualization expert Eric Siebert describes several in this podcast. Podcast
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How to create an on-site medical image archive
There's no single solution for health care organizations building on-site image archives. Differing fault tolerance, capacity planning, workflow and retention needs come into play. Tip
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What big data means for health data analytics, in practical terms
An Intel executive explains what big data means for health care, as well as what the chip vendor is doing to improve quality and clinical research through health data analytics. News
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Not all providers will reap cloud image storage savings
While small health care providers may save money by using a cloud storage provider, larger facilities may be better off managing their own data centers. One CIO explains why here. News
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Fog surrounding health care cloud begins to clear
Health care's reluctance to embrace cloud computing is waning, in part because it helps meet HIPAA disaster recovery rules, but cost and bandwidth make it a poor fit for some. News
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Finding the right storage for server virtualization implementations
An efficient virtual server environment needs the right storage infrastructure. This article outlines the main storage considerations for a virtual server implementation. Tip
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Considerations for cloud data backup in health care
Cloud storage is becoming increasingly popular. But there are several points to consider when looking at cloud data backup for health care information. Tip
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