Why Your IT Leadership Should Come From Outside Your Practice

Innovation doesn’t always come from the top down. Your best ideas won’t always come from the C-people in your organization. That’s why many businesses are no longer thinking about growth in terms of people they can feed into the hierarchy ...

Is Your Data Ready For The Next Disaster?

No matter where you are in the world, natural disasters are no longer a “once in a lifetime” event. They seem to be coming with more frequency. Hurricanes. Typhons. Tornados. Earthquakes. Flooding. Fire.  While your area may be relatively safe ...

Are Your Policies and Procedures Out Of Date?

In some industries, policies and procedures matter more than others. Healthcare is one of those industries.  We all need ways to track policies and procedures to ensure they are met, and have standards and enforcement methods to ensure proper action ...

Yes, The Worst Can Happen

Doctors often prepare for the worst. No matter what field they are in, or where they are located, bad things happen. Simple procedures can turn complex. Nature can turn from calm to catastrophic in minutes.  A few bandaids can’t provide ...

Are You Protecting Your EHRs From These Security Hacks?

Imagine a world without paper. Where everything in your office is handled electronically; no paper will ever be in sight.  Not there yet? You’re not alone. HIPAA laws mandated the move to digital to provide secure handling of medical records. ...

How To Manage IT In A Growing Practice

CIO - that’s a title a lot of medical practices don’t have the resources for. So they rely on piecing together a workable technology system into their practice. They rely on their own knowledge for selecting useful office systems. They ...

What Happens When Your IT Talent Isn’t Qualified?

IT is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It’s everywhere. It’s in every profession, every niche, no matter how large or small. It’s necessary for hospitals. It’s necessary for single practitioners trying to operate a one-doctor practice. ...

When Was The Last Time Your Practice Conducted A Phishing Test?

Phishing is getting a lot more sophisticated.  A Data Breach Report by Verizon showed that 23 percent of all recipients who received a phishing email opened them, and 11 percent clicked on malicious attachments even after opening and reading these ...

How The Dark Web Can Hurt Your Medical Practice

It sounds like something straight out of the box office; a cybercriminal is out to get you and your data. Yet it might be more real than you anticipate. Information is the new currency. As long as you’re producing data, ...

When Interoperability Goes Worldwide

Here in the United States, we’re working diligently to build a highly interoperable EHR system that keeps patients safer, healthier. But we aren’t a local economy anymore. Every day, US citizens fly all over the world. They receive medical attention ...