Legendary Data Breaches: How Virtual CD Could Have Saved 1 Million Patient Images Lost on One CD
It’s difficult being on the receiving end of a HIPAA violation; just ask any one of the many healthcare providers who have mistakenly lost patient information, either through a breach in the firewall, a lost or stolen laptop or a lost CD with medical imaging burned into it. The problem isn’t unique to American providers […]
Surprising Hospital Data? Only Small Handful of Hospitals Reached Stage 2
According to the federal government, the outlook for healthcare professionals achieving acceptable levels of Stage 2 meaningful use is not well. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported recently that a total of four hospitals have met the standards for Stage 2 of electronic health records (EHR). Hospitals that have enrolled in the federal […]
Three Reasons Cloud Based PACS Helps Avert Hospital Data Loss
There is a reason so much talk about the cloud exists today – there is value in the cloud, especially for picture archiving communication systems (PACS). When a medical facility is backed by cloud-based PACS, diagnostic viewing becomes easier and more efficient, and from just about anywhere. With a vendor neutral system, sharing between PACS […]