Jennifer Garces de Marcilla
Healthcare Cybersecurity: Securing Your Digital ...

Cyberattacks targeting the supply chain are an increasingly prevalent threat in the healthcare industry, especially as the modern healthcare supply chain contains significant digital elements, such as the patient engagement vendors that provide public-facing digital tools. These third-party apps and patient-facing tools process sensitive patient data and connect with a healthcare organization’s source systems on the supply chain. As such, they are tempting targets for cybercriminals, who can sell this data on the black market or lock it up with ransomware until they are paid.

Healthcare Cybersecurity: Securing Your Digital Supply Chain & Patient-Facing Tech
Jennifer Garces de Marcilla
The Role of mHealth Solutions In Patient ...

Patient education is about more than simply spreading knowledge about the disease. It can also empower patients to better live with their condition and avoid complications–an approach known as therapeutic patient education[¹]

The Role of mHealth Solutions In Patient Education
Guest Post
How to Increase Patient Adoption of Digital ...

Digital technology can do wonders when it comes to streamlining the work of delivering efficient quality care to patients. The use of patient portals, EHRs, mhealth apps, and wearable tech can all empower patients to be more active in their healthcare, get faster treatment, and access preventative care earlier on. But with all the capabilities of modern technology, we find that many patients are slow to adopt digital tools. If this is the case for your healthcare organization, we recommend the following tips to increase adoption.

How to Increase Patient Adoption of Digital Tools
Guest Post
Technology Integration Challenges in Connected ...

Technology has a lot of potential to improve efficiency and health outcomes in the complex practice of healthcare, from time-sensitive interventions in the hospital environment to long-term preventative measures among patient populations. Diagnostics, data management, patient engagement, and personalized medicine all stand to benefit from greater technology integration in a holistic, connected care model. Despite this, there are many hurdles that prevent technology from being adopted as quickly or effectively as it could be. Let’s take a look at the challenges contemporary healthcare organizations face.

Technology Integration Challenges in Connected Care
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The 7 Essentials Steps For a Secure Patient ...

Healthcare services are meeting patient demand by becoming increasingly digitized. These digital healthcare services are often developed by third parties and access electronic health records (EHR), revenue cycle management (RCM) systems, and other databases that include sensitive and legally protected information. While these electronic services are beneficial to both patients and providers, they create an increasingly complex software supply chain, with more potential vulnerabilities that are being targeted by hackers[¹]. Healthcare providers can find it difficult to manage effective oversight of these supply chains - including the relationships between different software tools, who has access to what data, and where there might be potential weaknesses.

The 7 Essentials Steps For a Secure Patient Portal

Gift Acceptance Policy

The Importance of a Gift Acceptance Policy for an FQHC - Part 3 (Real Estate Gifts)

The Importance of a Gift Acceptance Policy for an FQHC - Part 3 (Real Estate Gifts)

In my two previous posts regarding the importance of a Gift Acceptance Policy for an FQHC, we discussed the scope and purpose of the policy as well as the screening of gifts.  This week we will dive down into the details and discuss specifics as they relate to gifts of real estate.

The Importance of a Gift Acceptance Policy for an FQHC - Part 1 (Scope and Purpose)

The Importance of a Gift Acceptance Policy for an FQHC - Part 1 (Scope and Purpose)

FQHC Associates is often asked about the role private philanthropy can play in the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) arena.  Traditionally, FQHCs have two main sources of revenue: federal grants and patient service fee revenue.  Although many FQHCs maintain fundraising as a revenue stream, they can be hesitant to pursue larger estate gifts, restricted gifts or gifts of complex assets.  These charitable gifts, whether current or planned (e.g. a gift from the donor’s estate) can further diversify a center’s revenue stream.  However, if the FQHC is not careful, that surprise gift that looks like a “game changer” can also be a hindrance to the organization’s mission.  That is why a strong gift acceptance policy is crucial.

 
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