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Cutting Costs at Senior Care Facilities Senior care facilities provide a much-needed service to communities across the United States. Sadly, the revenue of many senior care centers is in decline, while costs and expenses continue to climb. Implementing cost-saving cuts is an essential yet difficult task, as you need to ensure that patients and residents continue to receive the high-quality care…

Are Your IT Operations at Risk? In today’s modern landscape, technology drives many businesses to increase digital advances and stay on the cutting edge of technological innovation. It’s no surprise that most healthcare facilities and organizations continue to incorporate new technologies into their daily operations. However, this raises one important question that must be addressed…

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Senior Living Communities In November 2019, a cyberattack against 110 nursing homes highlighted the industry’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Hackers encrypted all data, including patient records, and demanded $14 million in bitcoin to decrypt the data. These nursing homes were cut off from all patient data and forced to handle patient care by pen and…

How to Provide Telehealth in Nursing Homes As the baby boomer generation gets older, more older adults require telehealth in long-term care (LTC) from nursing homes and retirement communities. Compared to traditional healthcare services provided in offices and hospitals, telehealth is a rapidly expanding form of service, requiring updated technology to bridge the gap between quality and at-home healthcare. What…

The Core Differences Between Public and Private Clouds Cloud computing applications deliver technology over a secure internet connection. Through the cloud, you can manage servers, databases, file storage, software, networking and other computer services. As one of the IT industry’s fastest-growing technologies, cloud computing has numerous developments in store for the future. A cloud network can come…

Top Challenges with Network Management Network management encompasses many different areas including performance management, fault identification, network provisioning and maintaining the quality of service. As the size and complexity of networks grow through the introduction of new technologies, network managers are facing new challenges. Today, networks must be able to handle more traffic moving in more…

How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing the Healthcare Industry Cloud servers have transformed the way companies store data and exchange information with authorized personnel. Thanks to the infinite space cloud servers provide, many companies are trimming computer departments and IT staff, reducing overhead in the process. Cloud computing has worked hand in glove with the Internet of Things,…