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Peak anxiety – How to quell patient data security fears and stay one step ahead of hackers
It’s no secret security breaches are on the rise. From April to June 2018, 3.14 million patient records were breached, up from 1.12 million breached from January to March of 2018[1]. Increasing vulnerability of records, coupled with rising patient anxiety about healthcare data security[2], means cyb…
The last time I was in a hospital – Exploring the impact of mobility on experience
The last time I was in a hospital was to visit my friend. Her mom was sick, and I went to keep my friend company. We decided to meet in the cafeteria. The Lyft dropped me off at the ER, and then I wandered through the massive hospital complex. I took two different elevators, turned around twice, and…
Hospital IT – A bottle neck or platform for innovation?
The evolution of healthcare is propelled by shifting patient, caregiver, clinician, and staff expectations. And this “new normal” demands IT-driven experiences – mobility, IoT, reliable EHRs, and technology integrated into workflows. These capabilities are coupled with the operational needs to reduc…
First year residents: What to expect on day one and beyond
Congratulations! You are officially a doctor now. Are you nervous? Excited? You want to do a good job[1]. Your first day in the hospital is the culmination of so many years of study and training. And you aren’t alone. You are one of the approximately 30,000 first year residents starting their medica…
Couldn’t make it to Cisco Live? Here are the healthcare highlights
Cisco Live was a whirlwind of a week. We had a lot planned in the World of Solutions and for our healthcare session on measuring your hospital’s infrastructure capabilities. But those weren’t the only healthcare highlights this year. The keynote kicked off with an impactful healthcare story. Childr…
The Countdown Begins – Find out What Cisco Healthcare Has Planned for Cisco Live US
Get ready, Orlando. In less than one week, Cisco customers and partners will be heating things up! Cisco Live (June 10th-14th at the Orange County Convention Center) brings together visionary thought leaders in IT and business and Cisco executives, more than 1,000 educational sessions, Cisco’s top p…
Information at your fingertips: a game-changer and a challenge for healthcare
Just think of the volume of healthcare data being collected, stored, accessed, and used to make medical decisions every day. It’s generated by IoT medical devices, clinical workstations, and clinicians inputting information into electronic health records (EHRs). Add in communications amongst doctors…
See. Hear. Reason. Analyze. Decide: How close are we to AI in healthcare?
It’s easy to get excited (and maybe a little nervous) about artificial intelligence (AI). In the simplest sense, AI is an advanced capability of machines to learn from what it experiences and make inferences from data – similar to how a brain processes information[1]. It’s a big shift from healthcar…
A recipe for health IT success. Are you missing the key ingredient?
Healthcare has evolved beyond business as usual. The people who touch healthcare —patients, family members, clinicians, administrators, and IT—expect more than they used to. They are demanding increasingly sophisticated digital interactions, including remote consultations, ubiquitous connectivity, n…