Category Archives: Healthcare

INTERVIEW: Healthcare IT Today — Does IoT Increase Security Risks in Healthcare?
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Problem to Solve: Does IoT Increase Security Risks in Healthcare?

I had the privilege to be interviewed by Colin Hung from Healthcare IT Today regarding the many challenges & risks associated with Internet of Things security in Healthcare. In a nutshell, the session highlights the benefits, threats & considerations related to IoT deployments.

Here is the link to the original article posted on the Healthcare IT Today website.

Does IoT Increase Security Risks in Healthcare?

https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2021/03/29/does-iot-increase-security-risks-in-healthcare/

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INTERVIEW: SiliconAngle “TheCube” on IT Security in Healthcare
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Problem to Solve: Hospitals combat rising denial-of-service attacks with network triage I had the privilege to be interviewed by SilconANGLE “theCUBE” regarding the many challenges in IT security in Healthcare. In a nutshell, the session highlights the challenges and safety … Continue reading →

COVID-19: A lesson in being Grateful?
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Problem to Solve: The COVID-19 virus has affected much of our lives. What can I do to help? While the very serious COVID-19 outbreak has seemingly been non-stop bad news and affecting lives everywhere, it has taught me something very … Continue reading →

4 Steps to Demonstrate Value on your PCPM Odyssey
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In this last blog post of the PCPM series we are going to address several steps to ensure the success of your APM/NPM deployment in your patient care environment. 99.9% of these steps can be utilized by other business verticals as … Continue reading →

Applying Advanced APM to Healthcare, Part 4
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Throughout our Patient Care Performance Management (PCPM) series, we have reviewed individual performance management categories. When I consider the notion of “Advanced APM”, I see it as APM (based in traffic flow data) combined with a “service based” mentality. This leverages APM+ metrics … Continue reading →

Applying APM to Healthcare; a PCPM Odyssey (Part 3)
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In the first article in this series, we reviewed how NPM statistics will provide details of the operation and performance of internal network super highways. The second article introduced the role of service enablers and how their poor performance can drastically … Continue reading →

Applying Advance NPM (aka NPM+) to Healthcare; a PCPM Odyssey (Part 2)
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While traffic utilization and link error rates (NPM) have their place and uses, we must look deeper to truly impact patient care. Service enablers for example are services which are often overlooked and neglected, yet have the most widespread impact to … Continue reading →

Applying NPM to Healthcare; a PCPM Odyssey (Part 1)
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Network Performance Management’s (NPM) roots date back to the early 90s with emergence of SNMP, MIBII, and NetFlow. Quickly every IT shop, small and large, had various toolsets graphing all sorts of network metrics. Many of Network Managers lived and … Continue reading →

A Patient Care Performance Management (PCPM) Odyssey
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When I refer to Patient Care Performance Management (PCPM), I am referring to applying Application Performance Management (APM) and Network Performance Management (NPM) strategies in a healthcare environment. (While this is directly applicable to healthcare, these can also be applied to other … Continue reading →

Need a Dr. when your EMR gets sick ??
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Problem to Solve – My healthcare organization is deploying an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution as per federal regulation.   What can I do if there are performance issues with it? Ah, the Affordable Health Care Act.   What a fun, enjoyable … Continue reading →