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• How to battle ransomware in healthcare: Tips from a pro

  Fighting ransomware in healthcare is an ongoing and seemingly never-ending battle. A health IT security expert discusses effective tactics healthcare organizations can take.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare ransomware attack: Prevention and backups are critical

  A healthcare ransomware attack may be inevitable. They've increased 300% since 2015. One CIO says that prevention measures and backups are key to protecting the organization.  Continue Reading

• Adoption of cloud in healthcare picks up as patient data grows

  As patient data grows, healthcare organizations face an increasing demand for storage. The enterprise hybrid cloud may be a viable alternative to on-premises infrastructures.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare asset management key to securing medical imaging systems

  Hospitals can prevent cybersecurity breaches by managing healthcare assets such as MRI and CT scanners and requiring mobile devices to register with an MDM solution.  Continue Reading

• Five challenges of IoT in healthcare that put it at risk of failure

  The internet of things has the potential to provide physicians with valuable data that can improve patient outcomes, but there are several barriers to IoT adoption in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• The common health data storage mistake that healthcare CIOs make

  Health data storage helps healthcare organizations remain up and running and helps them innovate. That's why using the right storage tech is so important. A CTO weighs in.  Continue Reading

• CTO: EHR market challenges and how this technology will evolve

  The former CTO of Epic Systems Corp. and current CTO of Pure Storage discusses the challenges facing the EHR market today and shares his thoughts on how he thinks EHRs will evolve.  Continue Reading

• FHIR encourages innovation in health app development

  Health app developers can use the FHIR platform to create applications that support and facilitate interoperability between EHR systems.  Continue Reading

• Integrating an EHR and VNA system? Here are the challenges.

  Implementing an EHR and VNA system at the same time is a daunting task. A CIO who has experience implementing both systems at the same time discusses the challenges he encountered.  Continue Reading

• A healthcare CIO talks about what to look for in a VNA system

  Looking for a VNA system? A healthcare CIO who has already gone through the process of finding and implementing a VNA shares his advice.  Continue Reading

• Integrating vendor neutral archives and population health technologies

  A health IT expert discusses the role vendor neutral archives can play in population health, what's needed to integrate the two technologies and the barriers in the way.  Continue Reading

• Advances in precision medicine technology spur new EHR functionality

  EHRs need to support substantial amounts of health data and interoperability in order for precision medicine to become more accessible to patients.  Continue Reading

• For effective healthcare data protection try a 'layered' approach

  Healthcare organizations can protect patient data from breaches with a three-layered approach that combines traditional and advanced protection features.  Continue Reading

• Hospitals, medical records software vendors must step up to share data

  Data analytics in healthcare is at a crucial point, as EHRs must share more data and beef up interoperability. This ambitious order rests at the feet of vendors and providers.  Continue Reading

• Five steps for responding to hospital ransomware attacks

  Hospitals are prime targets for ransomware attacks. Health IT teams must move quickly to identify and isolate a ransomware infection to keep it from spreading.  Continue Reading