In January, US Rep Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D-Ga) proposed legislation to protect personal privacy as related to mobile apps. If introduced to the House and enacted into law, APPS would require developers to disclose how they collect personal data.
Health care organizations should make every effort to comply with regulations concerning protected health information (PHI). But they should also aim to make good analytical use of the torrents of such data they are collecting
The newest version of wireless networks is just around the corner. New IEEE 802.11ac (11ac) wireless products are expected to start to roll out by the end of summer or fall this year.
In June 2008 I wrote a “Networking” column discussing a scenario where an incorrectly entered IP address rendered a network at an outpatient site unavailable for several hours. The article provided a number of recommendations on how to avoid this.
In this installment of the “Networking” column, electronic health record (EHR) systems are considered from the perspective of general costs versus benefits.
Even though nursing informatics (NI) has been around for years—becoming an essential element of health care along the way—it is still not always considered a mature function, profession, or a community of practice.
Biomedical equipment technicians and the support they provide are the glue that holds the clinical environment together—though their work often goes unrecognized unless something goes wrong.
In the last two installments of "ICC Prep," we have covered many aspects of networking found in today's health care facilities. We have covered information from how networks are defined in health care facilities...