BridgeHead Blog

BridgeHead Software 25th Anniversary – an interview with Gareth Griffiths BridgeHead Software celebrates its milestone 25th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we sat down with one of the founding members of BridgeHead, our Executive Director and Product...

By Tim Kaschinske, HealthStore® Product Manager at BridgeHead Software Analytics and data interoperability are hot topics in healthcare today. However, defining and implementing effective interoperability standards for healthcare data remains a challenge because there...

By Rob Quinn, Vice President of Global Product Marketing at BridgeHead Software EMR downtime can be devastating. Medical professionals require precise and up-to-date information in order to make informed decisions for their patients. As healthcare is an incredibly...

By Rob Quinn, Vice President of Global Product Marketing at BridgeHead Software If you ask any hospital, the chances are they will cite ‘saving money’, ‘improving security’ and ‘regulatory compliance’ as high priorities. Largely, initiatives exist to tackle these, but...

By Rob Quinn, Vice President of Global Product Marketing at BridgeHead Software Healthcare cyberattacks are happening at an alarming rate. The digital revolution has been extremely advantageous for both clinical practitioners and patients alike. Medical records are...

BridgeHead Software 25th Anniversary - an interview with Brendan O'Leary As BridgeHead Software continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, we asked our Solutions Engineer and Customer Success Programme (CSP) Lead, Brendan O'Leary, why BridgeHead's success is reliant...

By John McCann, Global Senior Director of Marketing at BridgeHead Software Over the last few decades, hospitals across the developed world have implemented electronic medical record (EMR) applications in response to a mix of regulatory and market forces. Several...

By Tim Kaschinske, HealthStore® Senior Product Manager at BridgeHead Software Reducing EMR clicks is important to strive for - it can save clinicians time and reduce frustration. To the untrained eye, the number of mouse clicks it takes to access a patient record...

By John McCann, Global Senior Director of Marketing at BridgeHead Software When we talk about interoperability in healthcare, there is often a tendency to focus on text-based elements of the patient record, such as physicians’ notes or patients’ current medications....

By Rob Quinn, Vice President of Global Product Marketing at BridgeHead Software Healthcare cyberattacks pose a major threat to healthcare organizations worldwide. According to the endpoint security firm Cylance, healthcare is one of the most targeted industries for...

An interview with Steve Matheson, Vice President of Product and Sales in North America As BridgeHead Software continues to celebrates its 25th anniversary, we asked Steve Matheson, Vice President of Product and Sales in North America, to look back on his 10-plus years...

By Dr Saif Abed, Chief Medical Officer and Healthcare Cyber-warfare Expert at BridgeHead Software GDPR. It is probably one of the most talked about pieces of regulation in the past decade, such was its impact on people’s inboxes when it came into effect in May 2018....

Guest blog by Dr Rizwan Malik, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust & Managing Director SMR Radiology To provide an effective and efficient clinical service, access to patient data is fundamental. As we touch virtually every clinical...

Guest blog by Dr Michele Verroken, Founding Director, Sporting Integrity "Who are you calling a cheat?" Ask this question and open up Pandora’s Anti-Doping box in the rapidly changing world of anti-doping drama and imminent planned regulatory changes. This last year...

By Gareth Griffiths, Chief Technology Officer at BridgeHead Software Just a quick note to say I’m excited to be going to the MUSE 2019 Inspire Conference in Nashville this week. It's a great place to meet many of you that will be attending and a chance for you to bend...

Guest blog by Justin Armstrong CISSP - Security Architect, System Technology Division – MEDITECH “The only constant is change” has never been more true than it is today. Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years; adoption of technology has increased...

By Dr Saif Abed, Chief Medical Officer and Healthcare Cyber-warfare Expert at BridgeHead Software Today, cybersecurity is a hot topic in healthcare. Wherever you click there’s an article about the latest ransomware attack or statistic about how hospitals have become a...

By Tim Kaschinske, HealthStore Product Manager at BridgeHead Software Much of the conversation around healthcare innovation at the moment is focused on interoperability and the sharing of patient information. The message is the same on both sides of the pond....

By Gareth Griffiths, Chief Technology Officer, BridgeHead SoftwareI’ve been in the backup business for a long time (no don’t ask!), but I remember 7 track tapes and when floppy disks were 8 inches and actually floppy… yet the basic concept that healthcare...

By Gareth Griffiths, Chief Technology Officer, BridgeHead Software What happens when the shiny toys break in your hospital? Before we consider the impact of replacing or upgrading hardware or even healthcare applications regarding the safeguarding of your critical...