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White Paper Calls for Cybersecurity Standards for Medical Imaging

Nov 19, 2015 | | 0 |

According to a white paper published by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), cybersecurity best practices and standards by manufacturers and healthcare providers offer the clearest line of defense against cyber attacks. Manufacturers, installers, service staff, and healthcare providers must work together to advance cybersecurity measures, particularly as the Internet of Things advances towards greater interoperability and data exchange.

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Direct Messaging: The Next Healthcare Frontier

Direct Messaging: The Next Healthcare Frontier

Nov 19, 2015 | , | 0 |

What’s the best way to handle the follow-up after a repair, or pin down a hard-to-reach vendor? For a long time, paper repair tickets, phone calls, and voicemails sufficed, but in today’s fast-paced culture, we often struggle to reach our customers. Increasingly, the solution to efficient, effective communication lies in direct messaging.

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AAMI President Mary Logan Plans to Step Down in 2016

AAMI President Mary Logan Plans to Step Down in 2016

Nov 12, 2015 | | 1 |

AAMI President and CEO Mary Logan has announced that she plans to retire at the end of 2016. Under her leadership, the association has pursued aggressive patient safety initiatives, collaborated with the US Food and Drug Administration on a series of health technology summits, expanded educational and professional resources for members, and overhauled its annual conference.

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What’s So Alarming? A Case Study for Clinical Alarm Management

What’s So Alarming? A Case Study for Clinical Alarm Management

Nov 12, 2015 | | 1 |

The Joint Commission’s deadline for implementing Phase II of the National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm management is approaching January 1, 2016. In this month’s Soapbox, Clarice Balconi-Lamica of the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center shares how her facility assembled a core decision-making team to tackle the issue.

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