Major Health System Shares Insights on Azure Virtual Desktop
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Azure Virtual Desktop in Practice: What Healthcare IT Leaders Can Learn from Early Adopters
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is still considered new to healthcare. Its rollout to health systems has been slower than anticipated for several reasons, one of which is skepticism. If you're looking for candid insights into what AVD can do for your health system, but are still nervous about the amount of work that it will take to implement, you're in luck. On our latest Healthy as Tech Talk, a major health system shared its 18-month AVD journey with us and talked specifically about the positive impact it has had so far for them.
Click here to read the four pieces of advice they would share with other health systems that are considering AVD.
Preparing Your Staff for a Cerner-to-Epic Conversion in 5 Key Steps
Having led a range of healthcare technology initiatives, from developing and leading the industry’s first fully remote go-live and readiness program to the complexities of a flagship, large-scale Epic implementation outside the United States, one fundamental lesson has consistently stood out. That lesson is that the readiness of your end users is the non-negotiable foundation for success. This principle transcends language barriers and diverse working cultures. Even more so than the technical intricacies of the system itself.
Click here to read the full article.
Introducing the Visionary Voices podcast
Optimum Healthcare IT launches podcast called 'Visionary Voices'
The Visionary Voices podcast, powered by Optimum Healthcare IT, is a conversational thought leadership podcast that hosts digital and technology healthcare leaders to discuss IT innovation and transformation. These lively engagements will look to the future of healthcare IT, specifically within cloud services, digital and technical transformation, AI, IT strategy and operations, and more.
Click here to learn more about the podcast.
Click here for Episode 1 to learn about Northeast Georgia Health System's cloud-first journey.
In The News
AHA tells health systems to be on alert for Fourth of July holiday
In a joint interview, John Riggi, national advisory for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association (AHA), and Scott Gee, the AHA’s deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, discussed recent trends and evolving threats to hospitals and health systems during holiday periods, specifically for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday.
“We are subject to heightened cyber risk during holidays,” John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, told Becker’s. “Quite frankly, adversaries—both nation-state and criminal groups—perceive that we are less vigilant during holidays.”