Our world is evolving constantly. With the increase use of energy and decrease of natural resources, everyone must pitch in to protect the future of our planet. Like many businesses, Healthcare DPS began a movement towards more sustainable and eco-friendly business practices to benefit the environment.

The Healthcare DPS “Green” initiative began with a switch to e-signature and e-fax technology along with a reduction in energy dependence by running its primary datacenter with its lights off.  Jason Nocco, Vice President and General Manager, said, “The initiative is designed to lower the environmental impact of operating Healthcare DPS while increasing efficiency and reducing costs.”

As part of a pilot project to conserve energy and reduce costs, Healthcare DPS started running its non-collocated, New York datacenter with its lights switched off during both operating and non operating hours. The result was a 26% savings in energy costs at that facility during its first “Green” month.  “The lights don’t need to be on,” Nocco continued, “our servers, environmental systems, UPS, and network are all monitored 24*7*365.  As a result, we would be immediately alerted to any abnormal issues.”

Healthcare DPS has also taken advantage of implementing electronic fax technology and modern electronic signature technology. “From an efficiency standpoint, e-signature allows contracts between our partners and clients to be executed within minutes.  From an environmental aspect, we eliminate the need for paper used in printing, duplicating, and faxing both original and unsigned documents, eliminate the need for paper used in file folders, courier envelopes, and banker/filing boxes as well as reduce the fuel used by couriers and shippers,” said Nocco.

The success of these “Green” initiatives leads the way towards more eco-friendly business practices in the future.

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The University of California, Berkeley, experienced a security breach when hackers attacked the campus’ health services center and retrieved confidential information such as social security numbers, health insurance information, and medical information.

In Virginia, a hacker claims to have stolen confidential medical information from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (VPMP) which contained patients’ personal and prescription drug information. The hacker claims to have encrypted it with a password and deleted the back-ups.
As the future of healthcare progresses to the modern age of technology, physicians must be aware of security and privacy breaches that may threaten the confidentiality of protected health information. Are your health records safe?

Constant monitoring and auditing are key factors in preventing privacy and security breaches. In addition to firewalls, encryption, and backups, facilities must have measures in place to track who has access to the information and what changes are being made, when, and why. Healthcare DPS can assess your system and provide solutions to meet all your security and privacy needs. For more information, please visit www.healthcaredps.com or speak with a representative (877) 423-7701

For the full Berkeley story http://datatheft.berkeley.edu/news.shtml
For the full Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program story http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hacker-says-he-stole-confidential-medical-data-8-million-virginia-residents

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