Reducing Risks Maximizing Returns From HIPAA 5010 Transition
Healthcare is a complex ecosystem with "many-to-many" interactions among payers, providers, clearinghouses, and employers. An enormous amount of data is exchanged between...
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Comparing Secure Mobile Workforce Solutions: Research in Motion BlackBerry vs. Microsoft ActiveSync
[ Source: Microsoft ]
October 2009-In today's mobile work culture, corporate staff - from executive to individual contributor - work beyond the boundaries of the traditional office environment. To support this concept, many organizations are adopting mobile solutions for these employees, who expect not only access to information, but full participation in business from any location whenever it is required. What is the best solution for your company? What options are there?
This paper analyzes key user experience features ....
Data Protection Strategies Using Replication
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-Businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on continuous access to stored data and as a result, storage usage is growing at an unprecedented rate. As the number of mission-critical servers and storage resources grow, so does the importance of protecting against service interruptions that can threaten an organization's ability to provide access to key data.
There are a number of strategies that can be employed to protect important data, and each has strengths and weaknesses. ....
When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations
[ Source: WatchGuard ]
October 2009-Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time – not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution.
Building Your IT Staff: Essential Experience and Skill Sets for Tomorrow’s Challenges
[ Source: SkillSoft ]
August 2009-Today's IT departments must be true business partners, actively engaged in serving internal and external customers, and aligned with company goals. IT leaders discuss how educating and training IT professionals for leadership leads to high-performance, business-savvy tech teams.
Virtualization for midsize businesses: reduce cost, improve service and manage risk
[ Source: IBM ]
October 2009-As data mounts, small and midsize businesses cope with a sprawling and often costly infrastructure. This paper shows how these businesses can benefit by implementing a virtualization strategy. A well-executed strategy can result in fewer, better-utilized servers, rapid provisioning of servers, affordable business continuity, and more streamlined, efficient management.
A CISO's Guide to Application Security
[ Source: Fortify ]
November 2009-Security breaches are expensive. They cost time, effort, remediation, and reputation restoration. Many IT decision-makers tend to focus their security efforts almost exclusively at the network perimeter. They overlook the software applications that run their day-to-day agencies. These applications are often packed with Social Security numbers, addresses, personal health information, or other sensitive data.
Focusing on security features at both the infrastructure and application level isn’t enough. Organizations must also consider flaws in their ....
Is an Energy-wasting Data Center Draining Your Bottom Line?
[ Source: Eaton ]
November 2009-An unforgiving economic climate has left many organizations struggling to sustain (or restore) profitability. Many of them reacted to the downturn by restructuring, trimming back R&D and marketing, and laying off employees. All of these moves leave a company in a vulnerable position when the market rebounds, which it inevitably will.
Meanwhile, huge potential savings are sitting, untapped, right in the company’s data center.
Data center energy costs as a percent of ....
Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-To significantly improve the delivery of healthcare, an impressive arrange of new technology solutions are being introduced daily. 3Com designs solutions that deliver unique price/performance value, reduce complexity to facilitate healthcare delivery and ensure security to protect investments, resources and information.
In this case study, learn how 3Com can help you enhance patient care by maximizing business continuity, security, and productivity.
Buyers' Guide to Endpoint Protection Platforms
[ Source: Sophos ]
November 2009-Discover how you can leverage endpoint security and data protection to provide simplified cross-platform security, centralized management, and control of devices, apps, and network access.
Best Practices for Migrating from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint
[ Source: Quest Software ]
September 2008-Is your business planning a migration from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint? Many companies are for a number of reasons: Microsoft’s rich and varied features, the business value of becoming a Microsoft partner and the high availability of IT staff trained on Microsoft technology. However, it’s one of the most complex, labor-intensive projects your enterprise can undertake. If not properly planned and executed, it can lead to disaster.
In the ....
Comparing Wi-Fi RFID And IR-RFID Real-Time Locating Systems For Use In Healthcare
[ Source: Versus Technology ]
August 2009-
Real-time locating systems (RTLS) are becoming mainstream in healthcare environments. Although currently there is only a 29% adoption rate, this number is expected to grow to nearly 70% by 2011. However, there are many different RTLS offerings as well as remarkable variation in the implementation processes, functionality, and long-term success with each system. This white paper explores the implementation costs between two popular RTLS solutions: Wi-Fi RFID (radio frequency identification) from Cisco and hardwired Infrared-RFID ....
Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) In Healthcare: Wi-Not Wi-Fi?
[ Source: Awarepoint Corporation ]
August 2009-
CIOs must ask some very important questions to appraise the cost and value of Wi-Fi-based RTLS: Are you really using existing infrastructure? What is the cost (in time and expertise) for on-going maintenance of Wi-Fi RTLS? How will Wi-Fi RTLStraffic affect your network? The “just add water” story Wi-Fi marketers publicize loses steam in real-world applications. Once you’ve optimized your Wi-Fi infrastructure for RTLS, you will need extensive location planning of highly trained individuals to ....
Reducing Risks Maximizing Returns From HIPAA 5010 Transition
[ Source: Infosys Technologies Ltd ]
September 2009-
Healthcare is a complex ecosystem with "many-to-many" interactions among payers, providers, clearinghouses, and employers. An enormous amount of data is exchanged between these entities on a daily basis using the standard X12 4010 transaction formats for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The mandate on the healthcare industry to move from HIPAA 4010 to 5010 transaction standards is both a source of opportunities and a transition laden with risks. Infosys believes that upfront planning and ....
Role-Based Access Governance And HIPAA Compliance: A Pragmatic Approach
[ Source: Aveksa ]
July 2009-
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) imposed more stringent regulatory and security requirements to the privacy rules of HIPAA. Compliance with the letter of the guideline can be difficult for organizations without strong access governance processes and policies.
Healthcare organizations often struggle to maintain a consistent approach to govern user access across information resource, and as a result, may have an incomplete or fragmented posture of compliance throughout the ....
TEAM’s Capabilities In Meeting The Nation’s Healthcare IT Needs
[ Source: Team International ]
October 2009-
TEAM International provides a brief overview of its healthcare IT staffing capabilities and partnership philosophy that allow its clients to successfully and cost effectively reach their aggressive EMR/EHR implementation goals.
Incentives For Modernizing The Medical Office
[ Source: Novus Origo ]
September 2009-
The HITECH Act portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is changing healthcare today. Healthcare organizations receiving Medicare and/or Medicaid funds will be awarded incentives or be significantly penalized based on how quickly they adopt an Electronic Healthcare Record system. Immediate but prudent action must be taken by healthcare organizations that do not wish to incur penalties. This white paper defines the Act, guidelines, potential incentives and penalties, questions to ask vendors, and advice ....
Comparing Wi-Fi RFID And IR-RFID Real-Time Locating Systems For Use In Healthcare
[ Source: Versus Technology ]
August 2009-
Real-time locating systems (RTLS) are becoming mainstream in healthcare environments. Although currently there is only a 29% adoption rate, this number is expected to grow to nearly 70% by 2011. However, there are many different RTLS offerings as well as remarkable variation in the implementation processes, functionality, and long-term success with each system. This white paper explores the implementation costs between two popular RTLS solutions: Wi-Fi RFID (radio frequency identification) from Cisco and hardwired Infrared-RFID ....
Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) In Healthcare: Wi-Not Wi-Fi?
[ Source: Awarepoint Corporation ]
August 2009-
CIOs must ask some very important questions to appraise the cost and value of Wi-Fi-based RTLS: Are you really using existing infrastructure? What is the cost (in time and expertise) for on-going maintenance of Wi-Fi RTLS? How will Wi-Fi RTLStraffic affect your network? The “just add water” story Wi-Fi marketers publicize loses steam in real-world applications. Once you’ve optimized your Wi-Fi infrastructure for RTLS, you will need extensive location planning of highly trained individuals to ....
ECM: The Practitioner’s Stepping Stone To Electronic Medical Records
[ Source: Optical Image Technology - DocFinity ]
July 2009-
Although changes have been considered for years and repeatedly delayed, electronic medical records now hold a top spot in our country’s strategic move to improve quality care while allaying ballooning costs. This article discusses how enterprise content management software can serve as a stepping stone to electronic medical records.
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