Cisco Healthcare

May 4, 2014

HEALTHCARE

6 Healthcare IT Transitions: The Hackers delight

2 min read

From FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to FBI (Federal bureau of Investigations), they see a core issue bubbling up: The vulnerability of Healthcare systems to cyber-attacks. Both agencies have issued an advisory in this regard in the last 1 year. FDA Advisory was focused on medical devices and hospital networks, while the FBI’s communication is […]

April 27, 2014

HEALTHCARE

At the Security Cross Roads of Health Care Reforms and IoE – 6 Health Care IT Transitions

2 min read

The saying ‘Tell me how you will measure me and I will tell you how I will behave’ could have been the perfect tag line for the US Health Care Reforms. When we look at how Health Care Information technology is getting used to enable reforms, we see that most of the technologies existed prior […]

April 13, 2014

HEALTHCARE

Pandemic Preparedness: Leveraging Cloud based Solutions

3 min read

In the last two parts of this series, we looked at Part 1: Why we need to consider virtual care as part of our strategy for pandemic preparedness Part 2: How virtual care can enable the process transformations to enable business continuity while mitigating the risk of exposure to staff and patients. In this part, […]

March 30, 2014

HEALTHCARE

Pandemic Preparedness: Leveraging Cloud based Virtual Care to navigate around the path of the virus

3 min read

We continue our journey from where we left on part 1 of this series on leveraging Cloud based virtual care in our strategy for pandemic preparedness. As the news of the pandemic outbreaks occurs, and as patients start seeing flu like symptoms, it’s natural for patients to show up in hospitals and urgent care centers. […]

Collaboration in the New Age of Convergence

2 min read

I was in the grocery store when I realized that something new was going on: our entrance into the era of computing that I call convergence — the convergence of man and machine – is already changing the face of collaboration. In the recent past, collaboration did a great job of connecting people to people […]

March 12, 2013

HEALTHCARE

Cisco Workshop offers solution for Mobile Health and BYOD Healthcare challenges

1 min read

Where does a Healthcare organization begin when facing Mobile Health or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) challenges? The annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS 2013) conference highlighted how technology and healthcare quality have converged more than ever before. This is a new era where video, mobile and social media technologies are enabling providers […]

December 18, 2012

HEALTHCARE

Cisco solves Healthcare BYOD challenges

2 min read

Research from IDC Health Insights (Clinical Buyer Behavior Study) shows on average clinicians typically use 6.4 different mobile devices daily for professional use.  Recently, I participated in a Cisco Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workshop discussing challenges Healthcare organizations have supporting mobile devices with reliable, high performance, in-building wireless coverage while maintaining operational efficiencies. Healthcare […]

November 12, 2012

HEALTHCARE

Can a Tablet Help You Get Well?

2 min read

A few years ago, that question might have sparked a discussion around the efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs. Today however, references to tablets have fostered a whole new context especially in regards to healthcare. Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones are indeed transforming healthcare as we know it and in a manner of speaking, they […]