Get ready for the biggest cloud computing risks: 3 keys

November 23, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Security, Special Report 

Many health care organizations are turning to cloud computing for EHR systems or other health IT. But are providers prepared to deal with the risks?  Read more

5 steps to prep health IT systems for disaster recovery

November 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Compliance, Special Report 

The effects of Hurricane Sandy may have organizations taking another look at their disaster recovery plans. What can healthcare providers do to make sure they’re prepared for the next disaster?  Read more

Vendors’ outage leaves dozens of hospitals without access to EHRs

August 27, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: EHR, In This Week's E-Newsletter 

In addition to security concerns, when healthcare organizations turn to cloud computing services for electronic health records and other critical IT components, they may also be at risk for other problems, such as downtime. That’s what several hospitals around the country recently learned after losing access to their EHRs.  Read more

Security, reliability keeping healthcare organizations away from cloud storage

Healthcare organizations are storing a lot of data these days – but they’re not doing enough to back up that critical information, according to a recent survey.  Read more

Survey: Disaster recovery a top health IT priority for hospitals

February 8, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: In This Week's E-Newsletter, Security 

As electronic health records and other IT trends increase the amount of data healthcare organizations must hold, an effective disaster recovery plan is becoming more critical.  Read more