The following guest post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Aaron Barriga. LASIK is a widely adopted procedure to cure minor eye ailments like myopia and hypermetropia. It is a simple technique that makes the use of laser technology to correct the vision of a person. LASIK has been approved by the FDA […]
Arxan’s infographic on healthcare IoT shows wearables, implantable medical technologies, and hospital equipment as three types of devices with their own specific vulnerabilities, including patient data theft. As the company points out on their page for protecting healthcare IoT applications, the FDA found that 400,000 hospitals used infusion pumps deemed to be remotely-hackable last year, […]
The following post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Dennis Kaminski. Every healthcare organization carries along with it the important obligation to ensure patient safety and the safety of staff and visitors. Life itself presents possible danger at every turn, as most of us know well, and becoming involved in any sort of […]
The following gust post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Gracy Liura. There are very few experiences in life that cause more anxiety than having to be admitted into the hospital. Take Legal Measures Ahead of Time Coming up with a plan of constraints, requests, and procedures ahead of time can challenging and […]
The following guest post on how to protect patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Kara Masterson. Healthcare technology has continued its rapid change over the last few decades. This impacts every level of healthcare. Physicians and office staff must work to integrate the appropriate improvements into every day practice, while continuing to provide excellent […]
Patient safety is a main theme of our blog, but what about healthcare worker safety? Enjoy this guest post from Patient Handling addressing common safety risks to healthcare workers. Healthcare workers rank at the top of the list of professionals with the most challenging and risky jobs. Despite the fact that research studies and statistics have […]
The following guest post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Dixie Somers. Today’s health care consumer is protected by digital, physical, and legal patient safety rules and regulations. Hospitalists, administrators, physicians, nurses, and others in a hospital setting must be aware of the required physical safeguards, rules, and regulations in place to protect […]
The following guest post on protecting your medical information from misuse was submitted by Christine DiGangi. When it comes to personal information, your health records are about as personal as it gets. And while it may not seem as immediately damaging as someone hacking into your bank account, medical identity theft can seriously threaten your […]
The following guest post on big data in healthcare was submitted by Keri Lunt Stevens. Big data — two little words that have monstrous meaning. Big data is a term for a data set that is so large or complex that a traditional data processing application can’t handle it. From every student’s transcript to every hospital’s patient […]
The following guest post on big data and healthcare was submitted by Emma Lawson. Healthcare is one of the largest and the most complex ecosystems that humans as a species have brought to life. With healthcare providers, payers, researchers, patients and additional entities that all have their own needs and agendas, it has grown into […]
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