Healthcare

The healthcare system continues to rapidly evolve, but it is not just healthcare organizations, hospitals, and private physician practices that are impacted.  Private and public payers must also adapt quickly to ensure that they manage funding gaps for providers while offering the best possible cust…

Across the globe, digitization is taking hold in care delivery. Yet as healthcare providers break new ground with technology, they recognize the critical importance of security and patient privacy. Read the latest Cisco Connected Health newsletter to learn how leading healthcare organizations are ma…

On average, there are 795,000 stroke cases in America every year, and 130,000 of those cases are fatal. Accelerated identification, diagnosis, and treatment by the right experts are key components in winning the war against strokes. With four acute care hospitals and two specialty hospitals known fo…

At the end of 4th grade, 10-year-old Peyton Walton learned that her family was moving 600 miles away. She also learned that she was diagnosed with cancer. As Peyton began her cancer treatment, doctors stressed the importance of Peyton continuing to attend school in order to minimize isolation and de…

Security news continues to make waves in the healthcare industry, and it seems as though we hear about it on a daily basis. Lately more and more of security news relates specifically to cybersecurity, which makes sense given the massive digital transformation taking place across multiple industries…

Last week’s Cisco Live US was certainly one for the books. During the four-day conference, our healthcare team showcased six solutions that allow healthcare organizations to protect patient privacy and data security by securely managing their networks, improving operational efficiencies and providin…

Cybersecurity provides the foundation for innovation in a modern hospital; it is the underlying capability that enables the safe sharing of information. The free availability of information, where and when it is needed, is a powerful force for enabling new, more effective and efficient models of car…

Cisco Live US is just days away, and we’re ready to show our customers, partners and colleagues the impact of Cisco technology in the healthcare industry. Whether you’re attending Cisco Live US (CLUS) for networking, continuing education or technology inspiration, there’s certainly something for eve…

One of the major paradoxes in healthcare is that, despite broad recognition that relentless cost, quality and equity pressures are dominant drivers for significant change, there remains only slow progress towards real innovation in care delivery. Many reflect that the risk-averse nature of healthcar…