healthcare
Can the IoE Revolutionize Alternative Medicine?
The other week I found myself chatting with a fellow healthcare (and Cisco) enthusiast on Twitter about alternative medicine and I experienced an Aha! moment – alternative medicine may soon have an entirely new face if it’s driven by consumer adoption of advanced (and in many cases, currently availa…
Summary What Moving to the Cloud Means for Healthcare Organizations
A lot of our data center customers are in the healthcare industry – This topic is close to my heart, as I used to work in this field several years ago. Healthcare organization are facing specific challenges in moving to the cloud, that Cisco and partners address carefully. IT innovation and…
What Moving to the Cloud Means for Healthcare Organizations
This marks the 32nd year I’ve worked in healthcare. It doesn’t seem like very long ago that I worked as a registered nurse, caring for critically ill patients. Although I’m no longer working at a patient’s bedside, today’s healthcare organizations continue to put patient care first – starting…
Care Networking, Care Anywhere, Care Customization
Join Cisco, Intel, and other leading healthcare and technology organizations for a series of leadership webcasts on October 23-24 that address the top challenges facing healthcare and IT professionals today. The third annual Intel Health & Life Sciences Innovation Summit will focus on relevant…
Tune In, Turn On And Meet Your Doctor
This blog was originally posted on the Huffington Post We are now witnessing children’s health care expanding across the nation with advancements in video-based networking and collaborative technologies. A virtual visit by a renowned pediatric specialist at your local clinic is now becoming a…
3 Ways The Internet of Everything Is Improving Our World
This blog was originally posted on Huffington Post. Every day, we’re bombarded with seemingly unsolvable issues — health care crises, struggling schools, poverty, and climate change are just a few. These issues may at first seem too big for any of us to solve. But in today’s techno…
Tackling Children’s Health Problems with Technology and Collaboration
Children’s health care is a growing concern on a domestic and global scale among parents, specialists, and policymakers. Treating this special population, particularly among those living in rural communities, ignites continual challenges including insurance concerns, limited transportation, and the…
6 of 9 HIPAA Network Considerations
The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, released January 2013, goes into effect this month – Sept 23, 2013. Over the last several weeks, I’ve been posting a blog series around nine HIPAA network considerations. HIPAA Audits will continue The HIPAA Audit Protocol and NIST 800-66 are your best preparation Know…
New Solution: Cisco Virtual Patient Observation
No longer does your organization need to incur the sometimes unreimbursed cost of hiring one-on-one patient sitters, dedicating staff that can be better utilized elsewhere, or imposing on distressed family members to sit by their family member’s bedside around the clock. With Cisco Virtual Patient O…
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