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Imperative Care Announces Three Senior Leadership Appointments for Kandu Health

Digital Health Global

Through her leadership and the company’s impressive bench of leaders, I see the embodiment of our mission to provide real, life-changing care to stroke survivors.” The Kandu program is intended to address critical gaps in care and to provide personalized support to stroke survivors as they transition back home from the hospital.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Mike Semel, President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting The Ascension health system data breach can’t be easily separated from the United Healthcare Change Health breach that recently caused a huge financial and medical impact across the healthcare sector and may have breached the personal information for a third of Americans.

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5 Ways to Close the Cloud Security Gaps in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Its survey of hospital IT and security leaders found that significantly more respondents said that ransomware attacks increased complications from medical procedures. Lower Costs On site data storage requires significant up front capital expenditure to purchase hardware, whereas cloud-based solutions do not.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We also could get experience data back from the patients. "Then with the video analytics we can actually see the data to make sure our patients are in fact watching and engaging with the video content," she continued. "And HCT are healthcare operations experts. They understand us and what we are trying to do."

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

Healthcare IT Today

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. Ownership means an organization knows where the data is stored and who has access.

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4 reasons why the healthcare industry is vulnerable to cyber attacks

Digital Leaders HealthTech

For me the healthcare industry is a prime target for medical information theft as it lags behind other leading industries in securing vital data. Data Gone Digital – Digitised patient data ensures information is always accessible, up-to-date, and easily communicated. More thought leadership. What good looks like.