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Ransomware is in the news again for a weeks-long ordeal for the city of Baltimore. Healthcare is another favorite target. In cities and health systems the need to access data is vital to ...

Is organizational transparency possible in healthcare? The very nature of healthcare includes private, personal information. Does this prevent healthcare organizations from having a culture of transparency? What are the benefits of being transparent and why don't more institutions strive for transparency?

Medicine is based on trust. Patients trust that a doctor is going to take care of ...

Augmented reality (AR) is a developing field in medical education that is showing promise in enhancing medical training. Uses for AR are being developed across many disciplines to assist in learning procedures that require interaction with patients that range from conversation to surgery. So how do you determine if AR is right for your program?

One of the benefits of AR is that can help ...

When a patient makes an office visit, the provider may send home information, prescribe medicine, and schedule a follow-up appointment. What patients lack are points of accountability and reminders to help stay on track in order to make health improvements. Patient care should not have to stop at the clinic door, and it does not have to add to provider workload. In fact, messaging can reduce ...

Healthcare providers need great tools that facilitate their work and empower them. IT teams need to stay ahead of risk to their organizations; this includes all forms of system resilience, especially security risk. Leadership needs cost-effective solutions and reliable systems. To this end, healthcare IT departments have oversight of all software used in their institutions. They are charged ...