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• 6 steps to better third-party risk management

  The American Medical Collection Agency data breach exposed the hazard of dealing with service providers. Here are six steps on how to better manage third-party vendors. Continue Reading

• Physician burnout targeted by health IT, wellness vendors

  Industry consolidation, tech reporting mandates, heavy workloads and 'EHR fatigue' are causing high levels of stress and work dissatisfaction among healthcare professionals, experts say. Continue Reading

• Benefits of single sign-on in healthcare

  Does your healthcare organization understand the benefits of single sign-on products? Learn how healthcare professionals quickly log on to multiple applications without much hassle. Continue Reading

• What IT skills are essential to dig into healthcare big data?

  To harness big data in healthcare, your staff needs the right mix of IT skills. Joel Vengco, CIO at Baystate Health, explains. Continue Reading

• Signal boost: The importance of wireless networks in healthcare

  As physicians increasingly rely on mobile devices to access patient health information, there is increased pressure for wireless networks in hospitals and other healthcare facilities to perform seamlessly. And it's not just clinicians fueling the ... Continue Reading

• Eight pitfalls of healthcare project management

  Healthcare project management can be a long and involved process. To keep a project on course, learn how to communicate long and short-term goals and concerns properly.Continue Reading

• Healthcare analytics and quality improvement teams must collaborate

  Frequent and open dialogue between quality improvement and analytics teams is a path to better healthcare outcomes.Continue Reading

• Multiple operating systems complicate BYOD policies, but MDM helps

  The proliferation of mobile operating systems can complicate BYOD policy, but MDM software can give control back to the IT department.Continue Reading

• Experts see benefits and barriers to using mobile health technology

  Experts discuss benefits and obstacles to implementing mobile health technology, patient engagement and medication adherence.Continue Reading

• Developing a single sign-on implementation plan for health care

  In health care, a successful single sign-on implementation starts with detailed planning, consultation with practitioners, and consideration of all the technology choices.Continue Reading

• Strategies for a smooth telemedicine project implementation

  Planning and implementing a telemedicine project involves the right people, the right technology, and workflow analysis. Here's where to start.Continue Reading

• Common health care data analysis methods

  Data gleaned from business intelligence systems is useless if it's not easy to read. This tip describes four common methods of data analysis for clinical and financial data.Continue Reading

• WAN governance key to creating regional health care networks

  To create a wide area network that includes health care providers around the country, data exchange standards, cooperation and other WAN governance issues must be addressed.Continue Reading

• Effective workflow analysis should precede EHR implementation

  Failing to conduct a workflow analysis, which shows how users deal with paper and computer records alike, can only doom an EHR implementation. Here's how to address workflow.Continue Reading

• For electronic health records (EHR) implementation, learn from ERP, CRM rollouts

  Think health care is unique? Two Ovum analysts argue that lessons learned from enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management can work for EHR implementation, too.Continue Reading

• Tiered storage, SANs essential for electronic health records, images

  Image and electronic health record data storage are a long-term problem for health care IT administrators. Tiered storage and SANs can help prioritize management.Continue Reading