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Thought Leadership: Security in the Cloud

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Thought Leadership: Security in the Cloud Cloud Computing has Been Playing A Larger Role in Healthcare, but what is Its Security Profile? by John Degaspari EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As more provider organizations look to the cloud computing model, they face a host of security-related questions. What are the appropriate applications for the cloud, what is the best cloud model, and what do they need to know to choose the best vendor? Hospital CIOs and security experts weigh in. From a
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Video: Cloud Imposters: Understanding the Risks of Hosted ASPs

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Although many health information technology companies claim that their software products run “in the cloud,” there are some important distinctions between true cloud based systems and those that are really just client server technology in disguise. This video podcast reviews the important distinctions between the cloud networking model and hosted solutions, where a vendor “hosts” the application with either your hardware or theirs, and gives users access via an Internet connection.Massoud
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Video: One Future: The Healthcare Supply Cloud

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This video was used during Shape the Future, the interactive experience we presented at the 2011 Summit. It presents one possible direction for the healthcare supply chain, 3 to 5 years down the road. Its purpose was to engage the audience and spark a discussion on the validity of the vision and the obstacles that would need to be overcome to make it a reality.
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Webinar: Network Modernization: Building the Foundation for Your HIT Applications Part 2

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Speakers:Donna Schultz, Infrastructure Engineer, University of Kentucky MedicalCheryl Blum, Vice-President of Technology and Standards,TIAHerb Congdon, Chair, TIA Healthcare Task GroupDate: Wednesday, April 13, 2011Time: 1:00pm EST – 2:00pm ESTThe volume and exchange of healthcare information is growing with every application and interface that you add to your facility. How well these will operate, support your users and provide you with the expected return on investment all
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Scribe Platform Overview

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The Scribe platform delivers digital dictation, transcription workflow, voice recognition (M*Modal Speech Understanding), apps for iPhone/iPad/iTouch dictation, secure archival and HL7 integrations with EMR/EHR systems. Scribe technologies are designed for medical transcription companies, hospitals, and practices. The following is a video is a scribe platform overview:  About Scribe Healthcare Technologies Scribe's web-based technology solutions simplify the business of
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Harvard, Boston Children’s open $5,000 app challenge to free EHR data

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Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School this week opened a previously announced competition to develop “iPhone-like” applications to help unlock data stored in electronic health records. While the focus is on Web apps, the federally funded contest is encouraging submissions for mobile tablets, with a promise of “further optimization for smaller screens” such as smartphones by summer. Children’s and Harvard will award $5,000 for the best application in June and
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Legal and Regulatory Hurdles Confronting Telemedicine

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Telemedicine encompasses the use of technology to monitor patients remotely, store clinical data, or facilitate real-time communication between patients and providers.  In this podcast we examine some of the regulatory issues and other barriers preventing the faster expansion of telemedicine in the U.S.; including licensure, Internet/telemedicine prescribing, confidentiality and privacy of patient information, reimbursement and coding, and legal liability. Greg Billings; Senior Government
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