Article Archive for February 2022
Protecting the Data from Cyberattack
Protection from medical data fraud is a big concern for all, or at least it should be. Criminals are trying to figure out how to turn every piece of our digital life into cash, and their …
Healthcare and Cybersecurity
As health systems and hospitals are under unprecedented stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, their IT departments also are facing critical skills and staffing shortages as they battle unrelenting cyberattacks. Fierce Healthcare brought this interesting information …
Digital Health and the Pandemic
COVID-19 has accelerated society’s dependency on digital platforms for news, information and many other tasks that were previously done in person. This interesting topic came to us from MobiHealth News in their article, “Health content verification …
Blockchain Technology in Healthcare
How is the health industry fully utilizing blockchain technology? Blockchain technology provides healthcare with new opportunities to evolve interoperability by making it easier to exchange health information. As an encrypted digital ledger, it allows healthcare systems …
New Perspective on Health Information Technology
Is it time for a total replacement of our system for measuring health care quality and putting quality information to use? Many believe the current retrospective, transactional system for measuring and rewarding improvement is ineffective, …
Data Provides Insight Into Care
Predictive analytics refers to the use of statistics and modeling techniques to make predictions about future outcomes and performance. By looking at current and historical data patterns, the technology determines if those patterns are likely to emerge …
Threat of Fraud With EHRs
The Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned of electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) security risks with them being top targets for healthcare cyberattacks. Health IT Security …
The Cost of Information Overload
As the quantity of medical information physicians need to access continues to grow and patient visit time continues to shrink, more and more healthcare providers rely on mobile devices and apps to quickly and efficiently …
Trust is Key in Healthcare
Emphasizing clinical quality, communication, teamwork and values alignment makes for the best recipe for patient trust in clinician according to recent data. This interesting news came to us from Patient Engagement HIT in their article, …
Juggling Transparency with Quality Care
Information transparency and access to medical information is valued by both patients and clinicians, a 21st Century Cures Act requirement for the immediate release of test and lab results is proving more controversial. This interesting …
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