About half of American workers have been forced to work from home by Covid-19, and it appears the shift may become the new norm. In April, nearly one in five CFOs surveyed by the Brookings Institution planned to keep at least 20 percent…
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Gaining and Retaining New and Current Patients through your Practice Website during the Pandemic The importance of a having well-designed medical website and creating an online presence is crucial to your medical practice now more than ever, regardless of how the pandemic affects…
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Deregulation Sparks Dramatic Telehealth Increase During the COVID-19 Response Encouraging private-sector solutions through targeted deregulation and public-private partnerships are a critical part of the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 response. This approach has successfully expanded testing development, healthcare capacity, and the use of telehealth. Telehealth…
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Remote Workplace, Telemedicine, and Virtual Consults On March 19, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) issued mandatory health orders to medical practices statewide to delay all elective medical and dental procedures until April 6th. On March 28, the order was amended such…
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Dr. Derm logged into his office computer system, only to find a ransomware note from a hacker, asking for money in exchange for the safe return of his patients’ records his EMR had been hacked. While this might seem far-fetched, this situation has…
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Windows 7 End of Life. Is Your Medical or Dental Practice Ready For These Serious Security Risks? Keep IT Simple Has The Tools To Help! The Windows 7 end of life date is soon approaching, and many organizations are analyzing, planning and implementing…
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Do you know how much your company will spend on technology this year? If you have a detailed, realistic technology budget in place, then you probably have a good idea of the IT expenses you’ll incur. But what happens if you experience a…
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Organizations are facing drastic increases in ransomware attacks. A report by Malwarebytes finds a 90% increase in such attacks since 2016–that’s almost ten times the amount of attacks since 2016. Many of these attacks are aimed at businesses, but this report also shows…
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Patient Check-in Tech Ups Collections IT has now migrated into the waiting room. “Patient check-in has come a long way in the last two years,” says Thomas Kane with Keep IT Simple. What began with clipboards being replaced by digital tablets for gathering…
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What Is Ransomware – and How Can I Protect My Company? Ransomware – the multi-million-dollar crime scheme that strikes everyone from police departments to individuals – is a pretty terrifying prospect. No one expects their computer to be remotely hijacked and locked up…
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