The Healthcare CIO Sleeping Pill

Read this white paper to learn if cloud archiving translated into a good night’s sleep, freeing them from worrying if their people were good stewards of patient and corporate data.
Symantec Health asked Healthcare CIOs if cloud archiving translated into a good night’s sleep, freeing them from worrying if their people were good stewards of patient and corporate data. We found that healthcare was catching up with other industries, who reported a 320% increase over the last nine months in those that are testing or planning to implement cloud computing. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

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Medical Image Archiving – Reducing the Cost and Complexity

This white paper from Symantec™ Health provides a guide for IT departments as they examine their current image archiving strategy and explore new options. It summarizes challenges, existing approaches, and the benefits of cloudbased archiving approaches.

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Major drug company sued for stealth recall of defective drug

Johnson & Johnson is being sued by at least one state attorney general over the failure to properly recall medications it knew to be defective. Read more

Clinic of horror ignored: Doc charged in 8 murders

A doctor in Philadelphia stands accused of performing illegal procedures in unsanitary conditions. And a city asks: How did this go on for so long? Read more

More hospitals using iPads at the patient bedside

A recent survey shows the iPad and other Mac products making significant inroads among users in the health care field. Read more

Your surgeon was up all night — does informed consent require you know that?

An article in The New England Journal of Medicine raises an ethical question: How much information — and how often — must a patient be given to ensure they’ve given truly informed consent? Read more

Study: Mediation can reduce malpractice costs, speed resolution

Here’s more proof that mediation can make malpractice cases get resolved faster, and cost health care providers less to defend against. Read more

Report: Half of Americans under 65 have pre-existing conditions

Up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 have medical conditions that would trigger higher prices — or outright rejection — if they had to seek individual health insurance. Read more

Improving the Effectiveness of Online Drug Distribution Through Web-Enhanced Portals

Learn how one pharmaceutical manufacturer successfully implemented an online order management system with improved website speed.

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Police: Hospital employee murdered by co-worker

A hospital supervisor was robbed and stabbed more than 70 times by one of his employees, according to police. The suspect’s violent past wasn’t uncovered during his pre-employment checks. Read more

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