Patient Safety: 5 Tips to Enhance your Care

Save Time by Synchronizing Active Directory and MEDITECH Expanse

SPEHRI – Compliance Goals and Utilization Monitoring

Drug Diversion in Healthcare FAQ

The Continued Prevalence of Drug Diversion in Healthcare

Telehealth and the Impact on Modern Nursing

Fall Exchange Recap: The Importance of Monitoring and Managing Sepsis

Rethinking Drug Diversion Solutions for Real Results

System Connectivity Can Win the Battle of Clinician Burnout

Uncovering the Clinical Impact of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pumps

Improving Processes with Auto-Documentation for Smart Pump EHR Integration

Spring Exchange Recap: Making Data-Driven Decisions for Better Patient Care

Docker: The Next Level of Efficiency in Software Delivery

Spring Exchange Recap: Realizing the ROI of Barcode Specimen Collection

Preparation Tips to Support Smart Pump EHR Integration (SPEHRI)

Fall Exchange Recap: How PPID Improves Patient Safety

Putting Your Patient Portal to Work with Online Forms

The Challenges of Turning Clinical Data into Action

The Newest Normal: Remote Access Security Strategies

4 Tips to Prevent and Detect Insider Threat Incidents

4 Tips to Lower the Rate of Physician Burnout

Learning from COVID-19 and Planning for Tomorrow

A Message to Our Healthcare Heroes

Turning Requests Into Action - New Solutions are Here!

Protect Yourself from Hackers by Using Multi-Factor Authentication

How St. Luke’s is Tracking COVID-19 Testing Status with BCA Dashboards

How Dashboards Can be Reconfigured to Track COVID-19

3 Tips to Help Keep Business on Track in Light of the COVID-19

3 Tips for a Successful HIMSS20

Tips for Understanding State’s Actions Related to e-Cigarette/Vaping Products

The Mission Critical Nature of Interfaces

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Recap

Are You Ready to Implement Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)?

How to Make Sense of the VPN Mess

Increase Payments by Providing BillPay Through Your Patient Portal

A Picture Really is Worth 1000 Words

4 Reasons to Integrate Physician Practices Electronically

Downtime Procedures - How To Be Prepared

Keeping Momentum with EHR API Integration

Article: 5 Reasons to Implement IV Smart Pump Integration

Making Nurses’ Jobs Easier by Putting Patients First

The Two Tales of Remote Access Security

Three Impacts of a Third-Party Security Breach

Call To Action: Make Cybersecurity a Priority to Protect Patient Safety

Ten Best Practices to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats

Why Hackers Accessing Your Network is the Top Risk for 2019

Make Sure Remote Access to Your Network is as Safe as a Deadbolt

Keeping up with MEDITECH Expanse

It's Hard to Compete with Hope

Determine if Your Security Plan is Working to Protect Your Networks

Three Challenges with Managing Physician Offices' Remote Access to Your Network

Summer Webinars Include Smart Pumps and Saratoga Guest Speaker

The Top Three Keys to Preventing a Cyber-Attack

Lives on the Line: An Eye-Opening On-Demand Webinar on Slashing Sepsis Death Rates

Why Physicians Still Don't Have Access to Patient Data from Systems Outside Their EHR

2018: The Return to Innovation

2017 Interoperability Round Up, and a Look Toward 2018 Priorities

Close the Loop on IV Medication Administration

EHR Satisfaction Survey 2017 - Do You Agree With the Results?

The Path Forward for HIEs, and What I Learned at the SHIEC Annual Conference

Change is Constant, How Do You Manage It?

Importance of Knowing Your Patient Data

Hospital and Healthcare IT Survival Guide for the Post-EHR Era

Stop Duplicating Patient Data in Multiple Systems

Smart Pumps at MUSE 2017 & how this topic relates to all of us

The Bands, Bikes, and Buttons of Emerging Strategies

Update from IHE Connectathon 2017

HIMSS17: Solving Interoperability Challenges with Workflow Integration

I’ll Be Back: Return of AI and Machine-Based Learning

2017: What Lies Ahead for Healthcare IT?

Top Interoperability Posts of 2016...and some 2017 Healthcare IT Trends

Does Your Help Desk Need Help?

Infusion Errors Top the 2017 ECRI Hazards Report

Planning an EHR Migration? Dot Your I's and Cross Your T's!

Increase Your EHR Satisfaction Through Innovation

I.V. Smart Pumps Roundtable Article

In the News: The Status of Current and Future HIEs

How to be the Superhero of Healthcare IT!

Connectivity Series: Nihon Kohden

Recipe for Successful Patient Identity — People, Processes, and a little IT!

Your State May Require You to Join an HIE — Are You Ready?

Connectivity Series: Welch Allyn

Connecting to an HIE — The Good, the Bad, and What it Means to You

Healthcare CIOs Share Their Interoperability Challenges

Connectivity Series: Philips Equipment

How Patient Identity Impacts all Future Healthcare IT Strategies

Connectivity Series: GE Medical Devices

How to Get a Handle on Your Patient Identity Challenges

We Love It When ED Nurses Smile

Interoperability — Don't Get Crushed by the Chaos

To Migrate or Not to Migrate...That is the Question!

The MDI “A-Team” – the Right Hospital Project Team

How connecting to your state HIE could help patients even more

How IHE Simplifies Medical Device Connectivity

Tackling one population health management challenge– health information exchange

Overcoming Your EHR Optimization Challenges

Communication is the Key to Medical Device Connectivity

Giving Nurses the Gift of Time

Stepping Stones to Achieve Population Health Management Goals by Reducing Your Patient Matching Duplication Rate

EHR Optimization: Go-LIVE Marks The Beginning

The Vitals on Welch Allyn and Nihon Kohden

Using FHIR for Interoperability – Is it the next big thing?

How to Control Your Data When Joining an HIE

CNO Survey on Medical Device Connectivity

How to plan for an HL7 Standards Update

American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) - "Where Caring and Technology Meet"

How to approach an EHR migration

Improve healthcare IT workflows: 4 Steps to overcoming integration challenges

Smart Pump Programming and EHR Integration – a roadmap for understanding

Making your EMPI solution work for you

How interoperability helps patients and saves thousands

Connect to the right HIE for your organization

TSQL Concatenation + operator vs CONCAT vs CONCAT_WS

T-SQL- Guaranteeing the Database Context in Dynamic SQL

T-SQL- Error: “Cannot resolve the collation conflict between…”

Don’t Forget lowly SourceID!

T-SQL- SQL Agent Owners and the Lotto

T-SQL- Dropping SQL Objects Cleanly

SSRS: Limit the number of columns on a matrix

T-SQL + MEDITECH DR – Patient Location at a Point in Time

T-SQL- Reducing Log Usage with a Looped DELETE

T-SQL- Using Linked Server Data

T-SQL- Reformatting bulk text into a table of lines

T-SQL- Constructing NPR Database Source ID’s per Facility

T-SQL- Constructing a GL Account string from a BAR payment or adjustment (MT 6.15+)

T-SQL: Managing Significant Digits

SQL Server Reporting Services: Dealing with Hidden Columns in Export

T-SQL: XML from SQL, Managing Escaped Characters

T-SQL: Formatting Numbers and Dates with FORMAT vs. CONVERT

T-SQL : Using AGENT_DATETIME with SYSJOBHISTORY

SSRS: Using Parameters to Add Documentation to a Report

SSRS: Conditionally Set Visibility of Group Based on Group Count

T-SQL: Using Dense _RANK vs ROW_NUMBER with NUR Queries

SSRS Tip: Referencing Values from Calculated Fields on a Report

SSRS Tip: Using wildcards in Report parameters

SQL Tip: Improving the Speed of ALL

SQL Tip: Using SourceID in #Temp tables

SQL Tip: Returning Significant Digits

SSRS Tip: Adding A Tool to Clear the SSRS Data Cache

SSRS: The Report Issues Link to Report Issues with a Report

SQL: Finding the Smallest or Largest of a Fixed Set of Values

SQL Tip: To ISNULL() or not to ISNULL()

SSIS Tip: Managing SQL Server Reporting Services Versions

SSIS Tip: Using #Temp Tables with Integration Services Packages

SQL Tip: Using a Date Dimension Table to Calculate Patient Days by Location

SQL Tip: Wrangling the SurCase_DocQuestions Table in MEDITECH 6.1

Summer Webinars: Data Repository, NPR, 6.1 Reports Migration, and More

SSRS Tip: Control the Execution Order of SSRS Datasets

SQL Tip: Checking for Invalid Provider NPI Numbers

SQL Tip: Finding Lab Test LOINC Code Values

SQL Tip: Checking for Duplicate Indexes

SQL Tip: Parsing Packed Fields in MEDITECH 6.x

SQL + SSRS Tip: Get the Data Structure of a SQL Command

SQL + SSRS Tip: Time Blocking

SQL + SSRS Tip: Avoid Trouble with DATETIME, DATETIME2 in SSRS Reports

NPR Tip: Custom Dictionary Lookups in NPR Reports

SQL Tip: Using MEDITECH Date Mnemonics in SSIS

SQL Tip: How to Remove MTDD-style Formatting from TextLines

Summer Webinars: Tips n Tricks, 6.1 Reports Migration, and More

PHI and MEDITECH’s Data Repository

NPR Tip: Various “Gotchas” in MEDITECH field names

DR Tip: A Dynamic Extract Documentation Template

SQL Tip: How to Strip Repeating Delimiters from String

SSRS Tip: Adding a Pipe-delimited option to SSRS Export Destinations

SQL Tip: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of TOP X

Migration: Export MOX Using NPR

Using DR Data Def Tables, Updated for CS/MAGIC 5.67 or MT 6.07/6.15

SSIS Tip: Formatting Numbers with Commas via Expression

SQL+DR Tip: Use SSIS Templates to Speed Extract Builds

SQL Tip: Managing Diagnosis Codes (5.67 edition)

NPR Tip: Abstract Status Index (Client/Server)

MEDITECH DR Tip: Data Dictionary Search with Possessives

MEDITECH SSIS+SQL+DR Tip: Using CMS ICD-10 GEM data

NPR Tip: Client/Server “Echo Name” feature

SQL Tip: Auto-printing from SSRS to a Networked Printer

Testing Code for ICD-10

SQL/SSRS/Data Repository tips, MEDITECH NPR Report Writer tips

Save Trees and Charge for More ER Supplies

NPR Tip: "Echo Name" feature for Customer Report Screens (MAGIC Only)

DR+SQL Tip: Using UNION to Best Effect

DR+NPR Tip: Running Web-based Reports from a MEDITECH Menu

SQL Tip - Managing Diagnosis Codes

NPR Tip:  What Happened on March 1st 1980?

SQL Tip —The Data Request Number

NPR Tip: Every Module Can Have Room and Bed Index (MAGIC or Client/Server)

NPR Tip: Keep Users Entertained During Download or Printing (MAGIC or Client/Server)

SQL Tip -- Multi-value Parameters for SSRS

SQL Tip — Facility Prompt by User Access

Stop at Query if Patient is "on Coumadin" (MAGIC Only)

SQL Tip -- Check Tables for Data

Getting Most Recent BAR Comment for Account (MAGIC, Client/Server, or 6.0)

SQL Tip — Making Your Own Legos

Writing files from NPR report to a shared folder from a scheduled or submerged report (MAGIC Only)

NPR Tip (MAGIC only) - Printing Radiology ($T RAD) Text and how to use ECB/ECE loop in a report

SQL Tip - Parsing Patient and Provider Names

NPR Tip (MAGIC or Client/Server) – When Standard Graphics Attributes Fall Short

SQL Tip -  Find Queries, Document Sections and Interventions (MEDITECH 6.x Only)

NPR Tip (MAGIC or Client/Server) – Report to Download with “CSV” Extension Opens Immediately in Excel

DR Tip -  Iatric DR SQL and Microsoft Reporting Services Tip ˜ Date Mnemonics

DR Tip - Finding fields across MAGIC/M-AT/DR Using the DR Data Def Tables

NPR Tip (MAGIC) – Default Segment and Directory in "MOVE REPORTS"

C/S NPR Tip & DR/SQL Tip

Run Report for Period without prompting for date range (Client/Server or MAGIC)

NPR Hot Key Report to See Activity (MAGIC only)

NPR Sunday Puzzler solved with NPR report (MAGIC example)

Adding custom dictionary lookup with CH and GRP attributes (and how to mimic GRP= in Client/Server)

Utility Report to Assist with Syntax Checker Changes – MAGIC, Client/Server or 6.x

When is an Order Actually Two Orders? (Client/Server or MAGIC)

Read this latest blog post to learn about Finding Duplicate Medical Records (Client/Server, MAGIC or 6.0).

Force Client/Server or MAGIC Report to Download File

Find NPR Report Translation Errors more easily (MAGIC)

Selection based on a subtotal (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Just Curious: ICD-9 vs ICD-10 – eh?

Summary Subtotals in Report Trailer (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Smarter Location Lookup (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Some unusual but useful MAGIC syntax—the “U(nqueue) function and a little known syntax for queuing.

Smarter OE/POM rules Part 2 (Client/Server or MAGIC)

Smarter OE/POM rules (Client/Server or MAGIC)

Report Writing Tip: Dynamic Filenames from a scheduled NPR report (Client/Server or 6.x)

Rotated Bar Codes Revisited (MAGIC Only)

“Fishbone” Diagrams (MAGIC or C/S)

Save Valuable White Space on Your Reports (MAGIC, Client/Server or Report Designer)

Oh Sheet! (of labels)

Stripping characters for a Download Report

Make “Program Call” macros rename automatically (MAGIC and Client/Server)

NPR Tip: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Changes to Log Patient Inclusion on Custom Reports (MAGIC and Client/Server)

NPR Tip: Overcoming the 255 Character Limit to Browse to a Long URL from MAGIC

NPR Tip: An Index for B/AR Comments (Client/Server or MAGIC)

NPR Tip: Date/Time Stamp with Seconds (Client/Server or MAGIC)

NPR Tip: Finding records with empty fields (Client/Server or MAGIC)

Formatting Phone Numbers (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Avoiding Fragments (MAGIC this time. . . )

Avoiding Fragments (Client/Server Only)

Meditech-L: Need Help with NPR Report Calculate date to select by

Type-Ahead lookup (MAGIC Only)

Meditech-L: Get rid of trailing spaces in NPR fields

Nursing Report that finds its own interventions (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Using the Spell Check Dictionary in a Program (MAGIC Only)

Printing to Non-supporting Thermal Label Printer (MAGIC or Client/Server)

Meditech-L: Meditech Magic

Meditech-L: Attribute Help

Meditech-L: line check for horizontal lines

Meditech-L Zebra HC100 wrist band printer

Restricting output by facility, confidential access, and location (Client/Server or MAGIC)

Syntax Checker Issues (MAGIC or Client/Server)

AdHoc Reporting for MEDITECH NPR Data Definitions

Detail and Summary Report in One (MAGIC or C/S)

Report Writer 101 Show Run-Time Selections on Report (including lists)

DO Loop Builder – Enhancement for Cross Module NPR Reports

Report Designer Part 6:Download Reports and Final Remarks (for now…)

Report Designer Part 5: Regions and Layout (Report Designer speaks for the picture)

Collated Copies from NPR report (MAGIC or C/S)

Report Designer Part 4: Much More Convenient Field Selection and Entry (at least at first)…

Report Designer Part 3: Why can’t I delete or edit the field that is highlighted????!!!!

Report Designer Part 2, A Detailed Tour

The Report Designer – A first look

Spring Training: Patient Privacy Edition

New Year, New Predictions: What to Expect in 2023

HIPAA & The Holidays: Tips to Maintain Compliance

5 Reasons to Have an Effective Plan for Downtime

HIPAA Refresher and Frequently Asked Questions

Managed Services in Healthcare – And Reasons to Use Them

Email Warnings May Reduce Unauthorized PHI Access by 95%

Privacy in Person: Getting Back to Tradeshows

2022 Predictions and the Future of Patient Privacy

10 Key Tips for Data Privacy Day

Fall Exchange Recap: Protecting Your Hospital and PHI from the Inside Out

5 Ways to Be Cyber Smart

4 Ways to Improve Your Telehealth Security Strategy

What Healthcare Organizations Can Learn from the Kaseya Ransomware Attack

Healthcare Cybersecurity Tips for Hybrid Workforces

Spring Exchange Recap: The New Frontier of Patient Privacy Automation

The Cost of a No-Cost Ransomware Solution

Another Ransomware Event, A Big Cybersecurity Reminder

Enhance and Protect the Patient Experience with Artificial Intelligence

5 Tips to Celebrate Data Privacy Day

Top 4 Healthcare Cyber Security Challenges of 2021

2020 Year End Recap and Outlook for 2021

Fall Exchange Recap – How to Leverage the Latest Security Innovations

Fall Exchange Recap – How to Proactively Prevent Cyberattacks

Fall Exchange Recap – How to Plan for the Future of Cybersecurity

3 Privacy and Security Tips to Implement in 2021

How AI Impacts the Future of Patient Privacy Monitoring

Solve New COVID-19 Challenges with Existing Technology

Remote Access Can be Jeopardizing Your Hospital’s Security

How to Take a Proactive Approach to Increase Patient Privacy

How to Decrease COVID-19 Insider Snooping

The Newest Normal: Remote Access Security Strategies

4 Tips to Prevent and Detect Insider Threat Incidents

Turning Requests Into Action – Learn What's New!

COVID-19: 3 Security Articles for You

A Thank You to All the Healthcare Heroes

Online Remote Security Tips for Families

How Multi-Factor Authentication Solves Healthcare Security Challenges

The Risks and Rewards of Telehealth in Today’s Climate

3 Tips to Help Keep Business on Track in Light of the Coronavirus

3 Tips for a Successful HIMSS20

Cyber Security Risk Management 101

Taking Inventory of Your Privacy & Security Programs

Top 5 Privacy & Security Resources of 2019

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Recap

Cybersecurity Awareness: The Layers of Patient Privacy

Cybersecurity Awareness: What You Need to Know About Phishing Attacks

Cybersecurity Awareness: The Cost of Violating HIPAA

Cybersecurity: The Importance of Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Remote Access Security

5 Tips for Promoting Patient Privacy Awareness to Your Employees

How to Make Sense of the VPN Mess

Five Ways to Decrease the Financial Impact of a Breach

The Consequences of Not Doing Enough About Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity - It takes a village

The Two Tales of Remote Access Security

Three Impacts of a Third-Party Security Breach

Call To Action: Make Cybersecurity a Priority to Protect Patient Safety

Ten Best Practices to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats

Why You Could Be Liable for Your Vendors' Breaches

Why Hackers Accessing Your Network is the Top Risk for 2019

Make Sure Remote Access to Your Network is as Safe as a Deadbolt

Clarity on Artificial Intelligence and Patient Privacy

How the Human Factor Impacts Patient Privacy

Find Hidden Patterns with Role-Based Behavioral Analysis

The Top Three Keys to Preventing a Cyber-Attack

5 Essentials for Patient Privacy Program Success

Teaching the Importance of Protecting Patient Privacy — Inside and Outside the Hospital

Security and Patient Privacy: Just Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Thanks to You: Security Audit Manager™ Named 2018 KLAS Category Leader

Beware the Path of Least Resistance

How to Meet Stricter Patient Privacy Policies with Fewer Resources

Slash patient privacy auditing man-hours with automated data-driven workflows

Security Audit Manager iQ™ Series: Machine Learning is Not Enough for Patient Privacy Monitoring

Security Audit Manager iQ™ Series: Patient Privacy Made Smarter

Update on HIPAA Audits, from an Insider

Ignorance, Bliss, and the Zen of Risk Management

New HIPAA Enforcer Means Business – Make Sure You’re Prepared

New Lessons on Patient Privacy Breaches and OCR HIPAA Settlements

Are you monitoring user reporting in MEDITECH’s Data Repository?

How Beaufort Memorial Hospital Handles Vendor Risk Management

Use Patient Trust as a Competitive Advantage

Do Your Partners Handle PHI With Care? Not Sure?

OCR to Expand Compliance Reviews of Small Healthcare Breaches

Security app helps hospital pass CMS risk assessment, HIPAA audit

Healthcare — today's biggest ransomware target

OCR is doing a good thing by making us “Eat our Vegetables”

Why You Should Embrace an OCR Audit

Reducing Improper Access of Patient Records by 98%

4 Ways To Reduce the Number of Patient Privacy Audits

Map Your Way to a Successful Patient Privacy Program

Risk Based Patient Privacy Monitoring

My Trip to the Clinic and Protecting Patient Privacy

Could Your Organization Demonstrate HIPAA Compliance?

Are You Ready for the Return of OCR’s HIPAA Audit Program?

Privacy breaches cost $5.6 billion a year

Riding the Magic Omnibus

How To Justify Your Patient Privacy Program

What is Reasonable and Appropriate under the HIPAA Security Rule?

Let’s face it, protecting patient privacy has never been healthcare’s strong suit