Ask the Experts

What are some useful multifactor authentication examples?

Health IT expert Brien Posey offers some examples of multifactor authentication as a way for hospitals to further safeguard access to protected health information. Continue Reading
How is hyper-convergence technology used in healthcare?

Expert Brien Posey explains how hyper-convergence can help healthcare sites better use desktop virtualization, including for storage and scaling needs. Continue Reading
Experts discuss the uses of AI; say it will be essential in healthcare

Two experts agree: AI will become essential to healthcare. AI can help providers step away from the EHR and enable precision medicine. Continue Reading
Vendors overcome health information exchange challenges; CIOs have hope

Vendors demonstrate that interoperability is possible when it comes to patient medication information. This makes CIOs hopeful for the future. Continue Reading
Benefits of cloud computing in healthcare: Pop health, value-based care

Healthcare should be getting ready for the cloud. At least, that's what one health IT expert thinks. Read his thoughts on cloud computing healthcare benefits. Continue Reading

Population health: Current, emerging health information management tech

When it comes to population health, health information management tech plays an important role. A health IT expert discusses current and emerging technologies. Continue Reading
Thinking of attempting blockchain in healthcare? Read this first.

Some experts say that a promising application for blockchain is in the healthcare space. Before attempting blockchain in healthcare, read what this analyst has to say. Continue Reading
Analyst assesses how blockchain in healthcare will affect storage

Many healthcare organizations are discussing possible use cases for blockchain. One analyst shares her two cents on the effect blockchain in healthcare may have on storage. Continue Reading
RPA in healthcare: The potential use cases

Robotic process automation (RPA) is beginning to appear in many industries, including healthcare. An expert discusses RPA use cases in healthcare. Continue Reading
How can medical imaging archive systems get the most from storage tech?

In this Ask the Expert column, learn the most important storage technologies, including data deduplication and flash, to boost medical imaging archive systems. Continue Reading
How do you integrate a healthcare VDI environment with flash storage?

Healthcare VDI environments can work well with flash storage. Expert Brien Posey looks at issues to consider, such as whether to choose an all-flash array or flash storage tier. Continue Reading

Q&A: The main reason healthcare organizations violate HIPAA

The second round of HIPAA audits have commenced, and most likely some healthcare organizations will be found to violate HIPAA. A health IT expert discusses common mistakes. Continue Reading
Robotic process automation can speed payer claims processing

Health insurance payers and healthcare providers can take advantage of robotic process automation to make claims processing more efficient by reducing the human component. Continue Reading
Transform healthcare by leveraging the EHR

Implementing and integrating an EHR in a healthcare organization is one important step in transforming healthcare, but it is not, and should not, be the sole focus. Continue Reading
Tech to protect against ransomware, ensure hospital data security

Hospital data security is at the forefront of everyone's minds in health IT, especially with the increase in ransomware attacks. Two CIOs discuss the essential technology. Continue Reading