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RSS medicalSecuring EMR (Electronic Medical Records)
White Paper Information Technology advancements in healthcare are expected to accelerate, due to cost concerns, more viable and cost-effective Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technology, and federal spending initiatives. [13 Nov 2009]
Supply Chain Risk Assessment
White Paper For pharmaceutical, life sciences, and medical device companies, supply chain breakdowns not only bring immediate damage to the affected company, but also can threaten human health and well-being by causing... [13 Nov 2009]
Reducing the Cost of Defensive Medicine Using the Internet
White Paper Defensive medicine consists of providing medical services that are not expected to benefit the patient, but minimize the risk of subsequent lawsuits. In that context, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability... [13 Nov 2009]
Preventing Data Loss in Healthcare Organizations: Protect Your Patient Data Against Accidental or Intentional Data Breaches
White Paper Gartner Research estimated more than 1 million cases of medical identity theft occurred in 2008 alone, and these numbers are likely to grow. Healthcare organizations have rich repositories of patient information and it... [13 Nov 2009]
Data Loss Prevention Starts at the Endpoint: Seeking Safety From the Data Loss Pandemic
White Paper It might be sensitive financial data, strategic plans, a new product design, customer account information or patient medical records. It's every CIO's nightmare: critical business data lost, stolen or maliciously exposed... [13 Nov 2009]
DbProtect and HIPAA Compliance
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), passed by Congress in 1996, is designed to safeguard all forms of personal health information (PHI) to include patient identities, medical records, and... [13 Nov 2009]
Medical-Grade, Mission-Critical Wireless Networks
White Paper Off late healthcare environment requires an enterprise mobility solution for both patients and staff. Separate isolated networks are suboptimal from cost, management, scalability, and reliability perspectives. [12 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers
White Paper Smart cards can help reduce the inefficiencies prevalent in healthcare, diminish the number and effect of medical errors attributable to a lack of critical medical information, and empower patients to... [12 Nov 2009]
Taking Care: The Need for Secure Software in Healthcare
White Paper Healthcare organizations have always gone to great lengths to protect the confidentiality of their patients' medical information. Advances in technology have allowed the complex alliances between hospitals, insurance... [12 Nov 2009]
ISM Band Coexistence
White Paper The Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) radio bands were created as a place to relegate equipment that produces a lot of radio interference that could disrupt other radio applications that are sensitive to such noise. [12 Nov 2009]
Physicians Cure Printing & Paperwork Headaches With Ricoh: Ricoh Brings Affordable Full-Color Printing and Document Distribution Efficiencies to Small Medical Practices
White Paper In an age of managed care and HMOs, it's the small medical practices that are getting squeezed by insurance companies when reimbursement claims are denied or negotiated office visit fees are reduced. Running a... [11 Nov 2009]
A Realistic Transition Toward the "Paperless" Medical Practice
White Paper This paper explores the issues related to reducing paper dependence in ambulatory care settings and proposes reasonable steps that can be taken now. One of the most critical steps is to choose a knowledgeable, experienced partner who can... [11 Nov 2009]
Improving Accuracy in Healthcare Documents
White Paper Administrative errors - and knowledge errors related to information access and delivery - are among the most preventable of all medical errors. According to a recent study of family care offices, 86% of mistakes in these... [11 Nov 2009]
Photos: Emerging tech from location-based services to social networking
Photo AT&T Labs in San Francisco opened its doors on Thursday to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some research projects around location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. [09 Nov 2009]
RFID Technology in Healthcare and Mass Casualty Incidents
White Paper Nowadays, more and more hospitals and healthcare facilities are considering the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to improve the ability to accurately identify and track patients, hospital staff,... [30 Oct 2009]
