Health IT and Electronic Health Definitions

This glossary explains the meaning of key words and phrases that information technology (IT) and business professionals use when discussing health IT and related software products. You can find additional definitions by visiting WhatIs.com or using the search box below.

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WMTS (wireless medical telemetry service)

WMTS (wireless medical telemetry services) is the remote monitoring of a patient's physiological parameters, such as pulse and respiration rates, with radio technology.

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Risk assessments essential to secure third-party vendor management

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Cloud disaster recovery services evolve, but gaps remain

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Implement cloud failover, replication for workload protection

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How AWS, Azure and Google approach service mesh technology

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Watch out for these mobile technology trends in 2019

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How mobile threat defense can complement EMM

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Enterprises betting on SOAR tools to fill security gaps

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Risk & Repeat: Expired certificates loom amid government shutdown

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Ryuk ransomware poses growing threat to enterprises

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2018 data management and storage Products of the Year finalists

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Cloud and software-defined storage products: 2018 POY finalists

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Storage systems and management tools: 2018 POY finalists

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