BridgeHead Blog

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....

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...

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...

By Gareth Griffiths, Chief Technology Officer, BridgeHead Software If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – it makes me ‘wannacry’… You know I often hear that, but it holds a huge hidden danger. How do you KNOW it’s not broken? The key point about upgrades and updates is...

By Dr Saif Abed, Chief Medical Officer, BridgeHead Software When it comes to almost any digital transformation project that impacts clinical workflows, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is how to balance flexible access to patient information against...

By Dr Gabriel Ma, Clinical Lead at BridgeHead Software Mental health treatment pathways for patients are highly personalised and not one-size fits all. Often mental health professionals need to gain an overview of a patient’s medical history in order to understand the...

By Gareth Griffith, Chief Technology Officer and Backup Product Manager, BridgeHead Software “Backup – yes, we’ve got it covered.” You’re unlikely to be surprised at how many times I hear this when I am talking with healthcare organizations. And, it should bring a...

By Jamie Clifton, VP of Product Management and Solutions, BridgeHead Software In today’s rapidly-changing healthcare sector, it’s hard to imagine what patient data will look like in ten years, seven years or even five years from now. We know there will be a lot more...

By Rob Quinn, Head of Global Product Marketing, BridgeHead Software BridgeHead Software provides hospitals with a cost effective, integrated data management solutions that ensures their most vital assets – clinical and administrative data – are collected and stored...

By John McCann, Senior Director of Marketing, BridgeHead Software For the past 17 years, BridgeHead Software has helped MEDITECH customers worldwide manage and protect their healthcare data. During that span, our offerings have complemented the MEDITECH Health Care...

By Tim Kaschinske, Senior Product Manager, North America, BridgeHead Software Taking place October 2-6, National Health IT Week (NHITW) is a nationwide awareness week, which brings the healthcare industry together to support the value of healthcare IT. Founded by the...

By Gareth Griffiths, Chief Technology Officer, BridgeHead Software Back in May, our eyes were opened to just how devastating an impact a ransomware attack can have on a healthcare system. More familiarly known as WannaCry, the attack crippled thousands of companies in...

By John McCann, Director of Marketing, BridgeHead Software BridgeHead Software once again was proud to participate in last month’s International MUSE Conference – the premier source for networking, educating and professional development for MEDITECH users. As a...