The right to health, not just the access to healthcare, requires a holistic understanding of how we can provide a better quality of life and wellbeing for the individual and society, argues Bogi Eliasen, a futurist at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies and a member of the HIMSS Future50 Community.
Category: Network Infrastructure
The challenges of cybersecurity during global mass vaccination programmes
For many of us 2021 feels like a lot like 2020 with lockdowns imposed and hospital pressures increasing. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel with several vaccines now being rolled-out globally, says Dr Saif Abed, founding partner, AbedGraham.
A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape
The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals.
What healthcare orgs should be doing in response to the SolarWinds breach
The widespread use of SolarWinds software means many organizations are now scrambling to determine whether they too may have suffered a breach. Here are some remediations and mitigations that can help get a handle on the issue.
Keeping the lights on: the wiring behind the business of health IT delivery
There’s an art to balancing new innovation while maintaining a high level of existing service: It requires a solid foundation of core systems, adherence to quality controls and an excellent service support model.
How Wake Forest Baptist Health uses RTLS to protect against communicable disease
Data from a real-time location system, covering nearly 4.3 million square feet, offers the ability to see patients and staff who may have come into proximity with an infected person.
Building a solid technology foundation enables transformation
As IT professionals, we need to be ahead of the game in terms of establishing and maintaining the capabilities of our technology foundation. This means being smart about understanding the business and staying ahead of its needs.
How to create and maintain a productive, secure home work environment
Collaboration tools are undergoing drastic version updates and feature overhauls on a very frequent basis, forcing security departments to keep a close eye on upcoming changes to determine whether their standards will still be met.