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“Cloud-based” Electronic Health Records Chris Witt, discusses the benefits and considerations of “cloud-based” Electronic Health Records and other services for physician practices. Chances are you’ve heard about “cloud computing.” But what does this term mean, and why is it important for your practice? In this video interview using Skype, Chris Witt, CEO of Philadelphia-based WAKE [...]

HIPAA vs. the Cloud By Chris Witt If you are involved in HIT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on organizations to protect patient information. In HIPAA’s early days, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct IT departments in reaching compliance. The fact that most organizations maintained [...]

Do I Need A Data Center? By Chris Witt, WAKE TSI If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to unnecessary risk, or both. Your data center is the foundation for your entire [...]

Key attributes of solid contracts and SLAs for cloud hosting in health care By Chris Witt, President and Co-Founder, WAKE TSI In my earlier entries, we discussed the pros and cons of using public cloud computing in the delivery of health care computing services and the key elements for executing a move to the public [...]

HIPAA vs The Cloud September 09, 2011 | Chris Witt, CEO of Wake TSI If you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help [...]

Cloud computing in health care: Assessing the fit for your organization Guest post by: Chris Witt, CEO, WAKE Technology Services Does the cloud work for health care? The cloud is here and from a technology perspective it is fairly mature. However, from a vertical perspective – health care in this case – it is not [...]

HIPAA Implications on Cloud-Based HIT Written by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI If you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct [...]

E-Week August 8, 2011: Cloud Computing Brings Challenges for Health Care Data Storage, Privacy To learn more about the state of cloud computing in the health care industry, eWEEK talks with Chris Witt, president of IT provider Wake Technology Services, about how health care companies should approach cloud computing. As health care companies grapple with [...]

HIPAA vs. the Cloud Aug 2nd, 2011 by admin. Source: Chris Witt, EHRWatch Content: “Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help [...]

HIPAA vs. the Cloud “Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct IT departments in reaching compliance. The fact that most [...]