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My mother is 82 years old and she occasionally suffers from incredible back pain, leaving her in the hospital. and it is sad that she spends a lot of her time at hospitals. Often when I take her to the hospital, the visits are long and stressful. I can testify that it is challenging for hospitals, d…

Whether you’re a clinician or an executive, the healthcare workforce experience can be equal parts rewarding and challenging. There are changing regulations. A never-ending stream of patients with time-sensitive needs. The pressure to increase revenue and provide differentiated services. And,…

HIMSS18 is now in our rear-view mirrors. As usual, it was a whirlwind of a week — one full of interesting and engaging exhibits and sessions that revealed the top trends and conversations in Health IT. Attendance this year set new records! As of Friday, HIMSS reported the official count at 43,979 pr…

It’s hard to believe Wi-Fi has been with us for two decades. In that time the technology has evolved from novelty, to convenience, to necessity. Now, mobile devices comfortably dominate the networking world and many of us are moving to wireless-only access in 2018. If Wi-Fi and mobile networking is…

If 2017 was about ransomware attacks, 2018 will be about cyber attacks on the Internet of Things (aka medical devices). As we begin the year, that’s the message we’re hearing from a number of sources. This should come as no surprise to those of us in the healthcare industry, given the re…

Some of our largest enterprise customers are deploying the next-generation of data center networking.  They are delivering automation and intelligence with programmable hardware and software – deployed with application centric models that work best for their workloads.  Their IT leaders have focused…

If you’re like me, the digital shakeups rumbling across industries interest you. And, this curiosity bumps you into examples while just “doing life.” It even happens while camping with friends. While sipping campfire coffee around a picnic table, a friend told me about his new position as a hospital…

Above and beyond – that’s what your network needs to do. The pressures of the evolving healthcare environment require the network to go beyond supporting rising IT demands. It needs to empower your hospital to improve experiences and outcomes. With Cisco DNA, the new network is informed by context,…

Just think of the volume of healthcare data being transferred and stored every day—data from connected medical devices, electronic health records (EHR), clinical workstations, and smart hospital applications for patients, clinicians, researchers, and administrators. Is it safe? What role can the net…