Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
Microphones and cameras lurk everywhere. You may want to slip on some privacy armor. Last year, Ben Zhao decided to buy an Alexa-enabled Echo speaker for his Chicago home. Mr. Zhao just wanted a digital assistant to play music, but his wife, Heather Zheng, was not enthused. “She freaked out,” he said. VISIT THE NEW… read more
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Finding your way into Advanced Analytics and AI, a CIO’s Guide
As hospitals settle into their new EMRs, ERPs, and other enterprise applications, the requests for data are exploding. Finding the insights and value through innovative and valuable ways is becoming the priority but it is also challenging.
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Seven Ways Digital Health could Combat the Coronavirus
The first person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus was confirmed in the US yesterday. Betsy McCaughey, chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, tells WSJ that the US hospitals are not ready.
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Alert and Alarm Fatigue: It’s Not Just For Clinicians Any More
I’d like to say that we are lucky now that we have all adopted EHRs and used them to drive better, faster, cheaper, safer, easier-to-access care for patients and families. But based on my post-Meaningful Use experience, “luck” is one of the last words used by doctors, nurses, and other frontline caregivers. The EHR came… read more
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An Overview on Privacy Concerns in Wearable Devices
In this day and age, there is no longer a need for wearable medical device companies. What we need are security companies that sell wearable medical devices.
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Priorities in 2020
The time has come for a strategic transition in our approach to cybersecurity.
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Infusion Pumps on Hospital Networks
Daniel Pettus, Healthcare consultant and author, has offered a free crowd-sourcing document on infusion pumps on hospital networks.
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Potential Iranian Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity Has Changed Forever Does the Iranian Threat of Cyber Retaliation Change the Way We Need to Think and Prepare for Attacks? The U.S. strike that killed Qassem Soleimani could have a dramatic impact on how we prepare for and respond to cyberattacks in the United States as Iranian cyber actors have significant experience in… read more
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Digital health predictions for 2020 from industry expert Yuri Campbell
Predictions on what will happen in the rich field of health care information technology next year range from virtual provider-patient interactions and personalized genomic-based diagnostics to the prescription of wearables and mobile applications to aid in the health reformation process. The question I have is: How do we know where to position our systems to… read more
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Three Cybersecurity Considerations for Healthcare in 2020
At the end of the year, we all certainly want to look ahead, hopefully, to what we hope will be a better one. 2019 has certainly been a rough one in terms of cybersecurity in healthcare.
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DYI PMO Assessment Tool
I am sharing what I believe to be an easy method for a new or seasoned project manager to assess and establish a project management office (PMO) function for their organization.
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Data Center Before and After Shots from Mt San Rafael Hospital
Michael shared these pictures along with the news that his hospital had achieved HIMSS Analytics Stage 6, Meaningful Use Stage 3, and received the 2019 Most Wired Hospital award that is now being given by CHIME.
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