Top 5 IT rules for smaller practices

October 26, 2011 | Michelle McNickle, Web Content Producer Although so many health IT-related discussions tend to focus on large organizations across the country, it’s important to remember the smaller practices whose needs differ. In fact, implementing new technologies into a smaller practice can be tricky, depending on the amount of data you have and [...]

Top 10 Collaboration Tools Small Businesses Use Today–and the Top 10 They Plan to Add

October 2011 — lauriemccabe What are top tools that small businesses use for collaboration? As important, which ones are they planning to add in the next 12 months? We asked more than 800 SMB (small business is 1-99 employees; medium business is 100-999 employees) decision-makers and influencers these questions in the recently completed SMB Group [...]

App Usage Among Del. Attorneys Slowly Increasing

Delaware Law Weekly – October 28, 2011 Smartphone and tablet computer apps are a routine part of everyday life for tech-savvy consumers who use the programs to work and communicate more efficiently. Apps have some distinct advantages, but Delaware law firms have only recently begun to embrace this technology. Last week Morris Nichols Arsht & [...]

The Life and Times of Windows XP

The first drama-filled decade of the operating system that wouldn’t say die. By Harry McCracken, Technologizer Oct 27, 2011 9:53 am If you’d been alive in 1924 and had enjoyed the comedy stylings of a young Vaudevillian named George Burns, you never would have believed he’d still be packing them in seventy years later. In [...]

Lexis Opens E-Discovery Outsourcing Service

Law Technology News October 2011 Applied Discovery, the e-discovery services arm of LexisNexis, is expanding its document review consulting to a full service.The company will now work with clients from start to finish in doing data reviews, compared to its past practice of only helping clients set up their procedures and answering how-to questions, officials [...]

4 best health IT innovations within the past year

October 2011 | Michelle McNickle, Web Content Producer New health IT was anywhere and everywhere in 2011, promising ways to streamline data and increase patient care. Now, with even more technology on the cusp of the mainstream market, it’s only natural to wonder what’s the best. That’s why we asked Ahmed Ghouri, MD, co-founder and [...]

Insurance for Information Stolen in Data Breaches

New York Law Journal October 25, 2011 Data breaches are persistent threats, and news reports of breaches of  individual information and at companies across an array of sectors are seemingly nonstop. While network and information technology specialists work to identify and respond to incidents that compromise data security, companies’ insurance professionals must provide notice to [...]

Study finds docs have ‘inadequate’ EHR training

WASHINGTON – It is recommended that doctors receive three to five days of initial training to adequately use their EHRs, but a new report indicates that this requirement is not being met. The report, released by AmericanEHR Partners, highlights physicians’ experiences with the usability of EHRs to achieve some meaningful use requirements. The survey data, [...]

Using Video, Firm Fast Forwards to the Future

Marie P. Grady All Articles The Connecticut Law Tribune – October When Kelley Drye & Warren announced the hiring of new partner Raj R. Mahale recently in the firm’s Stamford, Conn., office, it went beyond the standard press release listing qualifications and quotes from a managing partner. Visitors to the firm’s website instead got introduced [...]

Telehealth boom could break down distance barriers

Telehealth still must overcome obstacles to reach predicted potential The combination of an ever-greater reach of the Internet and wireless technologies, the need to deliver health care services to isolated populations and the movement to reduce costs is pushing telehealth — health care delivered at a distance — into a more prominent role. It’s been [...]