When I began my career in healthcare information technology in the 1980s, the critical application for business continuity was payroll. Back then, computers were just starting to augment manual processes, whereas today, business and clinical areas cannot function without them. Computers have been great for productivity and efficiency, but they’ve also introduced a very complicated set of information security challenges […]
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Two of the hallmarks of Interbit Data’s products are their broad versatility and compatibility with different healthcare information systems. Recently, we caught up with President and CEO Arthur Young for some insight on how the products work alongside electronic health records and other information systems, to dispel some rumors and to talk about how NetDelivery helps address shortcomings in interoperability. […]
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Recently, we came across a funny healthcare tweet — which sounds like an oxymoron, I know, but bear with me. It came from the user @DrGlaucomflecken, an ophthalmologist and comedian. He was sharing a TikTok video he made about what happens when a hospital EHR system goes down. In it, a doctor in hospital scrubs is sitting at a monitor, […]
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When it comes to healthcare, 2020 will go down as the year of the pandemic, when COVID-19 swept across the globe and swamped health systems with gravely ill patients and red ink. But it will also be remembered as the year when cyberattacks against hospitals went mainstream. With organizations shifting to remote workforces, the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door […]
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Recently, I was contacted by a reporter from a major broadcast outlet who was following the news of a big hospital cyberattack. Her email landed in my inbox, and I immediately thought it must be a phishing scam. Why else would she be contacting me? Before opening it, I did a search on the sender’s name and saw that she […]
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Registration Now Open for Our Latest Webinar, ‘From Attack to Recovery: Your Cybersecurity Battle Plan’ Cyberattacks against hospitals show little sign of letting up in 2020, underlining the urgent need for IT leaders to be prepared. In that spirit, Interbit Data will hold a webinar titled “From Attack to Recovery: Your Cybersecurity Battle Plan” on Thursday, Dec. 3. It’s our […]
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Interbit Data will host a webinar on Tuesday, July 28, to share how hospitals can retain access to patient information in the event of system downtimes, regardless of their EMR.
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Two recent, high-profile ransomware attacks at hospitals, including one in Germany that led to the death of a patient, have dragged the issue of healthcare cybersecurity into the spotlight. It’s not a pretty picture. The federal government says the number of healthcare data breaches rose 196% in 2019. Ransomware attacks are increasingly the method of choice, and yet healthcare IT […]
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Interbit Data will host a webinar on Tuesday, October 20, to share how virtual fax over IP (FoIP) options are revolutionizing the way hospitals and health systems deliver care. The webinar, “Deliver Healthcare Anywhere with Fax over IP,” will highlight a case study from one hospital in rural Wyoming that uses Interbit Data’s NetFoIP solution (a NetDelivery module) to enable […]
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Interbit Data will host a webinar on Tuesday, July 28, to share how hospitals can retain access to patient information in the event of system downtimes, regardless of their EMR.
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