Why Your Employees Break the Rules
By Art Gross – It’s no secret that employees violate security policies. Whether we’d like to admit it or not, there’s a good chance we have all violated a security policy once upon a time.
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Keeping AHRQ’s Focus on Patients in a Rapidly Evolving Digital World
By Gopal Khanna – As my colleagues and I come to work each day, we are keenly aware that all of our efforts are ultimately aimed at serving the needs of a single customer: the patient.
A Great Time to be an Academic Informatician
By William Hersh MD – My recent posting describing my updated study of the health IT workforce shows that this is a great time to work in operational health IT and informatics settings.
6 Current and Future Telemedicine Trends
By Kayla Matthews – Telemedicine — providing clinical healthcare remotely — was born out of modern technologies and a growing reliance on the internet. As you well know, many devices are now Internet-enabled, falling into the realm of IoT or the greater Internet of Things.
3 Things to Consider Before Joining an ACO
By Gay De Hart – If you are a part of an organization that provides healthcare services, you’ve seen big changes in how services are paid. The days are numbered for a simple fee-for-service payment system.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways
By David Harlow – At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – October 2018
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of October that we think deserve sharing again.
Why Hackers Target Healthcare
By Art Gross – Cybercriminals have been targeting the healthcare industry for years. As healthcare has become the second largest sector of the U.S. economy, it should come as no surprise that the industry receives special attention from hackers.
View from the Road: Celebrating Innovations in Healthcare
By Scott Whyte – Periodically I get the opportunity to share with you some of the innovations I see while on the road working to improve healthcare across the country.