As rural providers work to expand access to care to far-flung patients, telemedicine is an increasingly essential component of those efforts. In this exclusive video interview, the leadership team at Clearwater Valley Hospital in Idaho, talk to H&HN senior editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about building telemedicine coalitions with other community providers to better serve patients.
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Disconnected Healthcare: HIT Vendors Miss Big Picture
Written by Madelyn Young from CareCloud on how HIT vendors miss the big picture
“Software vendors are just not playing well in the sandbox together.”
That point was recently posited by SearchHealthIT writer Don Fluckinger in a post that asked a very timely question on the state of the healthcare information technology industry: “Are HIT Vendors Selfish?”
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Video:3M Discusses Partnership with Nuance Healthcare Solutions
Video interview with Richard Woliniewicz, Ph.D, Director NLP Advanced Technology at 3M HIS speaking during HIMSS12 about 3M's strategic partnership with Nuance Healthcare solutions
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5 Ways to Leverage SSO (Single Sign On) Technology to Drive Meaningful Use
Last year, the Ponemon Institute, a research firm that advises organizations on data security and privacy, released a report revealing that each hospital loses an average $2 million a year in productivity when clinicians can't access electronic health records.
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The Cloud in Healthcare – Top 10 Takeaways from iHT2 San Francisco
Last week, our media partners, the Institute of Healthcare Technology Transformation hosted their 2 day conference in San Francisco. An emerging leader in the HIT cloud market, Cloud Prime alongside AthenaHealth sponsored the panel, "The Cloud in Healthcare" that discussed the following:
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HIT Security Log Management and Analysis with Alan Brill Pt. 2
Part 2 of the interview/podcast with Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll Inc., to discuss the importance of log management & analysis for security in healthcare organizations.
Highlights of part 2 of this interview include:
Identifying critical areas for potential security breaches
Kroll Inc's methodology & approach to security
Healthcare Security vs. Other Industry Security Issues
Ensuring Security is a priority at your healthcare organization
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Video:Mobile Device Roundtable:Safeguarding Health Information
Last week, The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) hosted a Mobile Devices Roundtable with the public, industry, and subject matter experts to discuss how to better safeguard health information while using mobile devices. For those that were not able to attend or watch the webcast, the ONC has now made these videos available to the public. Below is all of the videos from the entire event available to watch in one place.
The ONC also invites you to provide input on mobile devices' uses
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Video:Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, Inc. at HIMSS12
HIT Consultant spoke with Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, Inc. during this year's HIMSS12 where he talks about how Independa's technology enabled independent living solutions is taking healthcare outside of the four walls of hospitals and extending it to the home for continuity of care.
Kian is also featured in this month's issue of Entrepreneur magazine sharing his story of how he was inspired to start Independa Inc. after watching his parents, both in their 70's, helped managed the care of
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Log Management & Analysis in HIT Security with Alan Brill Pt. 1
Importance of log management and analysis in in HIT security in healthcare organizations interview with Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll
Recently Kroll Inc. has written several articles about the importance of understanding logs as a critical component of investigation security breaches. Acquiring and analyzing logs are critical with incident response and it is highly recommended that healthcare organizations address log management in a proactive manner. HIT Consultant spoke
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Video:HIT Cloud Model Discussion with Intel Corp. at HIMSS12
HIT Consultant meet with Chris Gough, Healthcare Solution Architect at Intel Corporation during HIMSS12 where he discusses the types of cloud models and how it relates within each specific type of healthcare organization. He also discusses his thoughts on a "community cloud" model specifically for healthcare organizations that is a bridge between private cloud and the traditional data center footprint.
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