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What About Offsite Data Storage and Security for Hospitals
Data security concerns should always be on the minds of those in IT throughout the healthcare industry. However, fears related to the security found in cloud-based solutions are something the industry continues to get hung-up on, and sometimes, for good reason. There...
Radiology Information System and Rural Hospitals: Getting in the Game
Due to changing regulations and advances in technology, healthcare providers are faced with challenges that some are ill-equipped to handle on their own. Rural providers are particularly stressed due to their limited budgets and shortage of qualified IT personnel to...
How Cloud PACS Improves Critical Access Hospital Data
All healthcare facilities are working to meet the guidelines for stage 2 of Meaningful Use, the program set up to make sure providers are in compliance with certified electronic health (EHR) record technology. Some are having a more difficult time than others. The...
Rural Hospital Data: True Story of Success
Rural hospitals often struggle with bringing in new technologies, mainly due to a lack of resources, both financial and personnel; budgets are easily strained and the best educated workers flock to more urban areas. New solutions are becoming available to critical...
How DICOM Exchange and VNA Work Together
How are you sharing your medical images today? For a good number of facilities, patients are sent away with a CD with their images burned onto them, which they’ll take to their other doctors for their consideration. Or, the CDs are mailed off to doctors that need to...
Cloud PACS: Why It’s Safe, Fast and Improves Patient Care
Healthcare professionals are the ones that are subject to the most paranoia surrounding cloud computing. It was more common years ago than it is today, but more and more providers are seeing the benefits of taking to the cloud. What started as a multi-million dollar...
Honeycomb Exchange at Hospitals: Who is Doing it?
Electronic health records (EHRs) are fast becoming the norm as more and more hospitals comply with federal regulations that require specific guidelines on how medical records are stored and accessed. Medical imaging is also part of that process, which has some...
Just What is Vendor Neutral Archiving? A Review
When vendor neutral archiving hit the scene several years ago, it was all the rage. Unfortunately, the interpretation of vendor neutral archiving was a bit loose, which prompted some products that weren’t quite what people were expecting when they received them. So,...
Data Back Up and Other Security Tips for Critical Access Hospitals
Larger hospitals get the headlines when something goes awry, like when a security breach or disaster recovery failure occurs. However, small hospitals are just as vulnerable, if not more so, to cyber security issues. How can you keep these occurrences from affecting...