The aggressively competitive environment and customer demands challenges business world to adopt every new technology to be in tune with the changing technology scenario. However, simply adopting new technologies will not really give enterprises a competitive advantage. With businesses working through a digital and networked world, the emerging technologies also open up new areas of…
The HER audits are around the corner. The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to encourage healthcare providers to adopt electronic health record systems and ensure secure data sharing practices, brought forth the EHR incentive program. Even as the meaningful use incentive program was intended to encourage healthcare industry adopt digitalization of data, these providers…
Yet another major data breach by leaving a folder unsecured in the infinitely connected networked world. The recent federal healthcare data breach tally reported a data breach that affected more than 307,000 patient records from an unsecured folder. This case of unsecured folder of Touchstone Medical Imaging, a provider for diagnostic imaging services leading to…
Medical information of any individual includes unique identifiers, demographic data, medical conditions, health care provider’s details, billing information as well as immediate family members’ details and medical history. The growth of technology has paved way for storage of these records in electronic formats with quick access from any location. Even as every individual approaches doctors…
Information Technology breakthroughs paved way for wide use of Information management systems in the healthcare sector, transforming the healthcare system for improved patient care and cost reduction. However, the increase in patient’s vital information being collected and stored in hospitals and other healthcare establishments, turned as a prime target for cyber criminals causing hospitals to…
As the healthcare industry moved from being paper based to technology dependent, it did so in various areas and created silos of information that was difficult to communicate across offices of other providers. While technological breakthroughs had taken other industries far ahead, the healthcare industry was yet to be completely techno savvy. The concept of…
