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When utilizing email for the transmission of medical or mental health information to authorized parties, it is imperative to ensure that the data is well-protected. Email, as a communication tool, inherently carries security risks which need to be carefully managed.

Love it, hate it or call it the gold at the end of your rainbow, e-mail is here to stay. Over the past two decades, it’s become deeply ingrained in our day-to-day business communication. It’s basically a requirement. Despite a number of software advances and changes in the online communication landscape, e-mail is more important than ever.

Choose the right data backup solution for your business
Data backups are awesome. When done right, you could experience a fire, see it extinguished by a flood, and still have all your data back in its place before you need it.

However, most new clients that we meet don’t have good backups.

By the nature of their work, IT service providers are masters of working behind the scenes. Unfortunately, some service providers make an unwitting habit of drawing the wrong kind of attention to themselves and their work. They may talk on the phone, walk in muddy shoes, or arrive late for appointments.

Heads up! Microsoft will stop sending security updates for Windows Server 2003 on July 14, 2015.

What this means, in short, is that Windows Server 2003 will no longer receive updates or security patches from the manufacturer. Any organization still using Server 2003 after the July 14th deadline will be at particular risk of being hacked or experiencing data theft.

Electronic Health Care Record systems, also known as EHR or EMR (electronic medical record systems), enable increased data accessibility and improved office efficiency. And once meaningful use of the system is achieved, eligible professionals, hospitals, and critical access hospitals can earn incentive payments.

Technology Times January Edition
Web security, disaster recovery, profitability – all of these topics and more await you in our January newsletter.

Our cover story: We spotlight the need for a disaster recovery plan in your office. Whether it’s fire, flood, hurricane, or all of the above, a good disaster recovery plan can get you back to work in almost no time at all.

Did you know that patient health records can fetch up to $1,300 each on the black market? A treasure-trove of personal information, patient records are among today’s most sought after cyber targets. Last summer alone, over 5,000,000 patients had their personal data compromised.