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Hacking healthcare data: the next wave
Ransomware continues to threaten data security in health systems. Deploying ransomware, organized cybercriminals such as the recently surfaced Industrial Spy get access to your servers, delete your backups, encrypt all your files,...
Secure Texting: A Buyers Guide for Healthcare Leaders
We get it. Evaluating secure messaging and telehealth platforms is a lot of work. But if you are looking at clinical communication solutions, our eBook Secure Texting: A Buyers Guide for Healthcare...
Measuring the ROI of your secure messaging investment
The trend is clear: health systems are rapidly investing in secure messaging platforms. 85% of hospitals are engaging secure communication platforms between care teams, patients and families, according to a survey by Black...
What’s the difference between basic texting and advanced messaging platforms?
Beyond HIPAA compliance According to an article in Compliance Home, “Compliance with the Privacy Act and the requirements of the Security Act is assured when using a secure messaging solution.” It’s true...
After COVID-19, texting drives patient satisfaction
COVID-19 changed patient communication preferences from phone calls to digital communication such as texting, according to research by SR Health. “Why the switch from phone to digital communication? Patient comments suggest digital...
The COVID19 clinician deficit: handling the impact
The United States will see a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians in both primary and specialty care by 2032, according to data published by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). An article...
Behavioral health: How hospitals are improving access
Behavioral health increases pressure on EDs Behavioral health is a growing public health problem, and the situation is not expected to improve soon. According to a study in JAMA Psychiatry, during the...
Academic health system finds Hospital at Home reduces readmissions by 50%
IU Health, a leading academic health system, started to offer Hospital at Home to patients with COVID pneumonia in April 2020. Hospital at Home programs enable some patients who need acute-level care...
Buyers guide: Secure healthcare messaging systems
In this interview with Diagnotes’ CEO Dave Wortman, he discusses the most important questions – from technology and telehealth to team collaboration – that health systems should ask when evaluating a secure...
Pager issues lead to increased use of secure messaging systems
The problematic workflow of pagers Fewer than one in five healthcare managers thought that pagers were time-saving devices, according to an article in Compliance Home. The article notes “the pager recipient often...