Top 5 Biometric Technology Uses in Healthcare
As biometric technology makes its way into healthcare, the usual concerns for privacy are on the rise but societal needs should override most individual objections to the use of these programs.
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A Big Hack or Big Hack Job?
Explosive news accounts based on anonymous sources are easy targets in this era of “fake news.” Usually reserved for partisan political debate, it’s unusual for such a charge to be leveled at a legitimate news organization for coverage of the technology industry. But Bloomberg Businessweek finds itself in the crosshairs and in this case, the…
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Everyone’s A Critic: A Primer for Healthcare Reviews
In the days before Google (was there ever a day before Google???), business books would claim that every time someone had a bad experience, they’d spread the word to ten of their closest friends (who would then tell ten of their friends and so on). Today, bad reviews spread faster than the flu and doctors…
DetailsThe Apple Watch, Fitbit, and Healthcare
Does anyone really know what time it is? “I’m not recommending it for most people as anything other than just a novelty,” said Ethan Weiss, a University of California, San Francisco cardiologist. Dr. Weiss was quoted in a recent review of the new Apple Watch Series 4 by the New York Times. That raises some…
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A Virtualized Teleradiology Solution for Less Than $500 a Month? Yup.
A tornado rips through a rural community and the local hospital is overwhelmed with injured residents. A ten-car pile up in the middle of the night on a major highway stretches the resources of emergency doctors to diagnose and treat the victims. The use of teleradiology services to facilitate image reading during off-hours and provide…
DetailsViolations and Breaches: Winning the Battle but Losing the War
Healthcare organizations will spend more money on IT security in 2018 than ever before. But the statistics suggest these cybersecurity warriors may be taking one step forward and two steps back. Comparing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA violation data for calendar year 2017 versus unofficial tallies year to date, it would appear…
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