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By John McCann @johnlmccann Today, we announced an important new product release at BridgeHead Software – the Data Protection Suite for Caché Databases. The reason this product release is so important is because the InterSystems Caché® database is the underlying...

By Tim Kaschinske @TimKaschinske When you archive your data, how long do you expect to keep it? Will you keep it for five, ten, twenty years, or longer? In healthcare, there are regulatory requirements that mandate how long you keep much of the data that you have...

By Bobby Edwards Deployment of a new EMR application is an iterative process that involves customizing the software to a particular hospital’s workflow and procedures. This customization process requires changing the configuration of the application and its embedded...

By Brendan O'Leary, Training Development Manager, BridgeHead Software. Disasters, in healthcare IT terms, can strike unexpectedly in any part of the world at any time. They can appear in the form of natural occurrences such as hurricanes, floods and fires. On...

By Shaun Smale, Solutions Architect, BridgeHead Software Ask yourself these questions: what cost would you put on short and long term data loss or unavailability (i.e. from planned outages and unplanned disasters) within radiology, both in economic terms and in...

By Neil Brown, Sales Engineer, BridgeHead Software I have recently taken up a new position working for BridgeHead Software who specialise in data management solutions specifically for the healthcare industry. Until joining BridgeHead, my background has largely been as...

By Brendan O'Leary, Training Development Manager, BridgeHead Software Last month I shared the pain of spring cleaning the home office. I am now able to report back to you on the benefits that resulted that made it all worthwhile. Since the spring clean I have become...

By Tim Kaschinske | @TimKaschinske When selecting any software technology, it’s always important to understand the products return on investment (ROI).  This is especially true for a technology such as an Enterprise Archive, as it has an impact on all areas of the...

By Kelly Baig @KEHBaig If MEDITECH is your hospital application, then you understand that it is at the center of how much if not most of how your hospital functions. Whether in terms of patient care or payroll, when MEDITECH applications are not available, extreme...

by Tony Cotterill @TonyCotterill VNA technology has received much attention in healthcare IT and clinical environments over the last few years. But the definition of what a VNA technology is and the benefits that it can deliver varies widely depending on the vendor,...

by John Macy Technical Solutions Expert, Healthcare Data Management In 2010, Robin Harris wrote that “RAID 6 will stop working in 2019”. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise: Harris had previously commented that RAID 5 would stop working in 2009....

My wife ambushed me the other weekend and coerced me to commence a spring clean of the home office. This was a painful experience, and I’m sharing it with you because my major recollection of this event is also relevant to healthcare data. Let me explain…...