Tips

Tips

• 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

• Managing IoT medical devices poses challenges for IT

  Connected medical devices are becoming more widespread in healthcare, but security and management options are limited for IT teams.  Continue Reading

• Hospital telecommunications network tips from an expert

  Building in redundancy, using VLANs and accommodating EHR workflow volume, IoT capabilities and patient Wi-Fi access are all essential to good hospital network design.  Continue Reading

• Revenue cycle data analytics helps with value-based reimbursement, MACRA

  It's important to understand how technology can help a healthcare organization achieve value-based reimbursement. A health IT expert discusses the role of revenue cycle data analytics.  Continue Reading

• Chronic care management model requires new EHR capabilities

  The chronic care model requires interoperability and collaborative capabilities to coordinate a patient's care, but not all EHR systems include the necessary features.  Continue Reading

• Four tenets of a successful telehealth program implementation

  Implementing a successful telehealth program can be a challenge. Health IT experts from Mass General share four key steps to ensuring a telehealth initiative will be successful.  Continue Reading

• How to meet HIPAA compliance requirements with personal cloud storage

  Cloud storage options are popular among end users, but data protection concerns may hinder their acceptance in healthcare. Follow these best practices to secure data in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Chief Innovation Officer discusses implementing CRM in healthcare

  A CIO discusses how his healthcare organization is using CRM in healthcare. He believes more and more healthcare organizations will begin to use CRM to improve patient care.  Continue Reading

• Avoid telehealth technology roadblocks with flash storage

  The amount and format of clinical information running through telehealth technology can lead to video conferencing hiccups. Flash storage is an option to consider in such cases.  Continue Reading