Cybersecurity guidelines were issued in a 4-volume report by The Department of Health and Human Services. It was published under the name ‘Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients’ and it outlines the voluntary measures and practices that the healthcare sector can adopt in order to minimise security risks and bolster their own …
The IDC or International Data Corporation is an entity that works with analysts to provide advice on market intelligence and serves to identify trends on a global scale. Not too long ago, they released a report that discusses their predictions for Healthcare IT in 2019. In this report, analysts assess which outcomes are most likely …
As Artificial Intelligence becomes more and more sophisticated, there is a lot to be gained from embracing these advancements. Healthcare in particular is an industry that desperately needs this kind of additional support considering that anyone employed in a medical field is extremely overworked. AI provides an opportunity to lessen the workload and increase productivity. …
Before we talk about how a line of credit can help you, it would be beneficial to first establish what exactly it is. Put in basic terms, it’s a loan. However that is too over-simplistic to be helpful. A line of credit is, yes, a loan. But the customer or entity receiving the loan will …
The Trauma Surgery and Acute Open journal recently published a new research paper that delved into the topic of animal-related injuries and how much the healthcare costs accumulate to. Their findings concluded that the total cost is more than $1 billion on an annual basis. They also shared the prediction that this number is likely …
Healthcare in the United States is currently facing the impending threat of a shortage of doctors. While this conversation has been alive for many years now, it is only more recently that it’s picked up traction and attention on a wider scale. Experts have pointed out that the demand for healthcare services will most likely …
The Centre for Disease Control has recently confirmed that Fentanyl is now the most dangerous drug in the United States, having caused several casualties due to overdose. The most recent statistics come from 2016 and show that 18,000 overdose-related deaths were tied to Fentanyl. This marks the first occasion that Fentanyl has been at the …
Based on statistics alone, one can easily determine that women are at great risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease. Within the US, more women lose their lives to heart disease than they do to other deadly illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, or respiratory disease. Despite how high the mortality currently is, women are still less …
When it comes to running a medical practice, there are a lot of things you need to keep an eye on. The first and foremost concern is the health of your patients; however, the financial health of practice is just as important. A practice needs to maintain high profitability to keep itself running and this …
The first and foremost aspect to track in any business is cost. It doesn’t matter what kind of business you run or what its size is, at the end of the day you need to aware of what your expenses are and how much they amount to. In medical fields, professionals can sometimes be unaware …