HIPAA
A Look at Cloud Services in Health Care
Information technology continues to see significant evolution, now more than ever, as the industry is truly on the verge of changing the way health IT infrastructures are managed, provisioned and protected. Cloud computing has become a new staple in health care IT, providing infrastructure from servers, virtual desktops, and unified messaging on demand.
We also continue to [...]
Advantages of Virtual Desktop in a Healthcare Environment
In recent months I have been asked on numerous occasions the same questions during the current state analysis in some EHR implementation projects. The question was: “what is the most effective solution to replacing/upgrading all existing desktops in an environment?” There is no one size fits all solution here. But one technology that is worth considering as a [...]
Wait a Minute! A Kiosk at my Medical Practice, Why?
You have probably seen kiosks in airport check-in lines, grocery store check-out stations, and even as movie dispensers. Why are we starting to see more kiosks around? The answer is obvious – reduced cost of business and enhancement of customer experience. The main idea behind the kiosk is to speed up the customer’s transaction without having [...]
Three Easy Steps to GO Paperless Quickly on a Budget
Step 1- Replace Your Paper Charts
I don’t have to tell you that the burden of administrative and clinical documents in a medical practice is considerable. Busy offices lead to inaccessible administrative documents and charts; whether misplaced, lost, or in use by another staff member. Physician practices continue to seek solutions to reduce or eliminate the [...]
The Secret to Reducing Your Practices IT Costs
Are you frustrated with technology that is supposed to make your life easier but it’s not? Is your computer infrastructure slow and goes down when you need it the most? Is your cost of computer support ridiculously high and you are tired of paying for issues that are still not resolved? Certainly, I could go [...]
Offsite Backups On the Right Track?
HIPAA requires the ability to establish and maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the information. Every day, thousands of users lose critical data to malware, computer mishaps, and disaster situations. From our earliest experiences with computers, we have been told to make back up copies [...]
Forward Thinking For Your Back-up Solution
HIPAA and Your Back-up Solution
164.308 Administrative safeguards (7)(ii)(A) Data backup plan (Required). Establish and implement procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of electronic protected health information.
A recent survey stated that only 37 percent of companies that back up their data actually test its integrity and recoverability. And about 77 percent of that group fail to restore their [...]
Trying to Reduce Paper? Start With Electronic Faxing!
In the vastly regulated and costly healthcare industry, doctors’ offices, hospitals and other providers are under pressure to improve operational efficiency and reduce cost while sustaining exceptional patient care. One technology that healthcare organizations can employ to increase HIPAA compliancy and lower cost of operations is electronic faxing.
Electronic faxing uses the internet to send and [...]
Online Backup to Protect Your Data
In addressing the backup issue, we usually find ourselves relying on IT to monitor the backup logs, or a designated staff member who is responsible for rotating and transporting the media off-site. This increases the chance of an unsuccessful backup job. With a proven and cost effective online backup solution, you’re assured of summarized daily [...]
