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Sep 22, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Love it or hate it, it’s hard to discount the effect that voice mail has had on businesses. It’s helped to improve business communications by letting people leave lengthy, secure and detailed messages that are easily understood.
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Sep 19, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Patient portals – secure online websites that give patients convenient, 24-hour access to personal health information from anywhere over an Internet connection – are a fast-growing trend.
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Sep 18, 2014, 08:30
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qaisar khalifa
Telemedicine leverages modern communications technologies to enable physicians to conduct examinations from a distance, bringing the expertise of trained personnel and specialists to patients to locations beyond their physical location.
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Sep 17, 2014, 11:30
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qaisar khalifa
As healthcare organizations increasingly adopt mobile technologies, they face real challenges related to security, connectivity, and scalability. The addition of mobile devices to an organization’s technology infrastructure means increased vulnerabilities.
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Sep 17, 2014, 08:30
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qaisar khalifa
Mobile technology is being leveraged to help improve the way healthcare is administered and to help patients take charge of their wellness.
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Sep 16, 2014, 08:30
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qaisar khalifa
Electronic health records (EHRs) enable medical staff and healthcare professionals to reduce the number of medical errors and increase patient safety.
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Sep 15, 2014, 09:04
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qaisar khalifa
Healthcare providers are under constant pressure to improve care while making operations more efficient and cost-effective. Today’s strained healthcare system presents a variety of challenges for healthcare providers.
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Sep 11, 2014, 08:05
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qaisar khalifa
Finding the telephony solution that best fits your business is beneficial, as it allows your company to be more cost effective, efficient, and reliable. There’s a lot to contemplate when choosing the solution that tailors to your business needs.
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Sep 10, 2014, 15:32
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qaisar khalifa
The need for faster network speeds (referred to as “bandwidth”) has been growing so quickly that these speeds are now doubling every three years – a staggering statistic we see with our own business customers.
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Sep 10, 2014, 08:00
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qaisar khalifa
From anywhere/anytime access to care and closer, more customized provider/patient relationships, to better time management, there are many examples of ways in which mobile technology has changed how healthcare is administered.
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Sep 8, 2014, 11:12
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qaisar khalifa
Secure, high-speed networks may offer many benefits to modern IT environments in the public sector, but there’s a flipside to the rising status of networks: Managers and technology practitioners find themselves in an ongoing struggle to keep up with bandwidth and reliability demands while simultaneously addressing budget realities.
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Sep 5, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Cheers Boston, a local watering hole made famous as the inspiration for the television show, “Cheers,” strives to keep its customers happy with free WiFi and fast service. After experiencing connectivity issues, they had to act fast to get their customers and staff back online.
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Sep 4, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
What happened to your business the last time the power went out? Maybe it was a hurricane or an ice storm. Maybe a car accident took down the power lines. Or maybe a utility contractor mistakenly cut the lines. Whatever the reason, a business with no power means a business in trouble.
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Sep 3, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
While we were at this year’s HIMSS conference, we spoke to a number of healthcare IT professionals at six leading healthcare providers to get their insights on how advancements in data mobility can engage the entire healthcare ecosystem and help improve patient outcomes.
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Aug 29, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
According to Grey Matter Research, more than 17 million non-churchgoers visited church websites in the past year. “Churches are natural places of interaction,” said Scott McConnell, LifeWay Research Director.
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Aug 28, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
With 112 rooms serving a mix of business and pleasure travelers, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham West Palm Beach caters to its guests with the comforts of home and the amenities of an office. Many of their guests stay for extended periods of time and reliable phone service, Internet connection, and cable TV are of the utmost importance for providing an enjoyable stay.
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Aug 28, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
In business, all true success stories start with a vision and a plan. Identifying your business goals and objectives and the strategies you’ll use to achieve them is a must-take first step for any organization and a crucial element to ensuring future success.
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Aug 26, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Technically, dark fiber is optical fiber that’s not active. Most commonly it refers to optical fiber cables that were installed in urban or suburban areas in the hope that a demand would arise, allowing the company that owns the fiber to sell access.
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Aug 25, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
It’s a transformative time in government information technology. Public sector organizations are moving to the cloud. At the same time, seemingly everything that can be virtualized is quickly heading in that direction.
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Aug 21, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
As with any business technology, cloud computing comes with pros and cons, benefits and risks. That said, any risk that does exist in the cloud tends to be greater in traditional IT infrastructures. And the benefits far outstrip those found in traditional IT settings.
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