HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) took effect in 2003, but the healthcare industry did not take any of it seriously, as there was a lack of any real enforcement. That has changed with the passing of the HITECH Act. View this webcast as Forrester walks you through how to address requirements and security. 

Because of cost restrictions and burdened healthcare systems, daily monitoring of patients with diseases has been nearly impossible. Seeking a solution, UHN and Mount Sinai Hospital conducted a 33-patient trial and found BlackBerry smartphones could increase patient involvement in their healthcare without adding pressure to the healthcare system. 

The federal government's push for electronic healthcare records has made data security even more pressing. This eBook takes a look at where healthcare IT leaders should begin and what they should watch out for as they move to embrace the HITECH Act and other initiatives. Read on to learn more. 

FACTS EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is an industry compliant, electronic data interchange system that allows for the high-speed transaction processing of health information between the FACTS Systems and your trading partners. 

FACTS ADMIN is a fully automated, real-time policy administration system - with support for membership enrollment and eligibility management, premium administration, accounts payable, and administration of broker commissions. 

FACTS®Web™ facilitates the sharing of real-time information directly from your FACTS® system to insureds, employees, and provider's web browsers through the Internet. 

This paper is the first in a four-part series that offers an overview of the current healthcare situation and suggests ways in which wireless technology solutions address healthcare challenges. 

Southland Transportation, providing school bus and other transportation services, deployed BlackBerry® smartphones, with a custom-built application, to their drivers so they can report road conditions and delays quickly and easily providing timely and accurate updates for everyone. 

To increase our ability to maintain, manage, and protect PCs while reducing management costs, Intel IT is undertaking a multi-year program to implement Intel vPro technology throughout our environment. Read this white paper for how they're doing it and the expected benefits your organization can also have with this process. 

This videocast offers an overview of pandemic threats, a summary of leading preparedness practices, and how the work done to prepare for H1N1 will offer value in your organization for many years to come. 

Use this white paper to enhance your knowledge of healthcare IT spending decisions and how to successfully engage the healthcare market with the right technology services and solutions. With a heightened awareness of industry trends, challenges, players, and needs, you will be better equipped to sell to healthcare providers. 

This white paper examines the vulnerabilities of today’s remote and branch office IT landscape, and details the advantages of a disk-based backup and recovery strategy for managing and protecting the data contained in these systems.