This e-book presents healthcare specific networking issues such as the importance of networks within a hospital, wireless networking for life-critical networks, the future of health care networks, and more. 

Learn how the Greenville Hospital System integrated Kofax Capture and Kofax Transformation Modules to reduce the time and resources needed to digitally scan detailed patient records into their system. 

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. 

Aspen Publishers Inc. was able to complete two benchmarking surveys more efficiently and save $20,000 per year without the help of outside consultants by using SPSS for Windows, SPSS Data Entry Builder, and SPSS Data Entry Station. Read this case study and find out how they did it. 

This paper is the second in a four-part series that addresses mobile communications in the healthcare industry. Part two takes a closer look at popular communication devices and considers their usefulness and effectiveness within healthcare facilit... 

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. 

MTechnology, Inc. (MTech) performed a quantitative reliability analysis of the APC Symmetra MW UPS. The study used techniques of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to calculate the likelihood of over 680,000 potential failure modes. 

Technology systems such as electronic medical records and digital imaging are revolutionizing healthcare. The continuous operation of these systems has become increasingly critical. Emerson Network Power has developed three centralized UPS configurations specifically for healthcare settings. 

This paper is intended as a high-level primer for selecting the right data center. It outlines the key parameters to be considered by decision makers tasked with evaluation and procurement of data center facilities to meet their organizations' needs. 

This paper outlines the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI metrics) together with associated Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) within the context of value stream management to support continuous operational performance improvement. 

The APC InfraStruXure product line offers an alternative architecture to the central UPS. This paper summarizes the key findings of MTechnology's quantitative risk assessment and discusses their implications for facility managers and designers. 

The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners.