Articles and Webinars

There has been a flurry of hospital transactions in the last days of the first half of 2024. View a summary of these transactions in a recent Becker’s Hospital Review article. If your health system is thinking about growing through acquisitions, consider how prepared your organization is to successfully complete the transaction by the... READ MORE

Join Hall Render Advisory Services and Hall Render for a webinar discussing how to manage and leverage data effectively within a health system. Designed for CFOs, CSOs, CDOs and CIOs, this session will cover comprehensive strategies for identifying data, collecting data into useable information, analyzing that information to create knowledge and applying that knowledge to... READ MORE

The recent cybersecurity incident involving Change Healthcare, which Hall Render discussed here, serves as a wake-up call for many in the health care industry. One obvious response companies are taking is related to security and penetration testing. By now, many organizations have started some assessment and validation to double check their security posture to report to... READ MORE

Health care organizations have become more reliant on third-party services to perform everyday operational activities that are critical to clinical workflows and financial cash flows. Health care leaders often rely on key third-party services that are cloud-based or off-premises to help simplify their IT infrastructure and manage costs. The impact of the ransomware attack... READ MORE

As the health care industry continues to grow and evolve, so does the use of web tracking technologies. While web tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels and fingerprinting scripts can be helpful for marketing departments, they can also pose significant risks to health care organizations. These risks include the potential exposure... READ MORE

When applications or services fail, these failures cascade into problems that impact multiple departments, patients and vendors. In some cases, the root cause of these problems can be elusive, making it challenging to prevent similar problems in the future. Health care organizations are particularly vulnerable to these types of issues because they rely on... READ MORE

A community electronic health record (“EHR”) is a powerful tool for creating alignment among health care providers as well as coordinating care, improving the quality of care and reducing the cost of care. The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has long promoted the adoption of EHR technology and has provided an Antikickback... READ MORE

Small health care organizations often lack the resources to efficiently develop a comprehensive HIPAA program tailored to their business model. Hall Render Advisory Services can review current business processes and provide the tools and policies to support a rapid yet comprehensive HIPAA program implementation. The Advisory Services Advantage Since the inception of HIPAA, we... READ MORE

Ransomware attacks on health care organizations have increased dramatically in 2022, costing organizations billions of dollars. Health care providers are being attacked by cybercriminals who encrypt their data and devices and demand monetary payment to make the data available again or prevent its further disclosure. As long as ransomware attacks remain lucrative, the frequency... READ MORE

Event: Virtual Care – Technology and Medical Record Strategies [07/19/2022 – 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET] Synopsis: As health care providers look forward to the expiration of the public health emergency and telemedicine services are normalized, providers are beginning to evaluate, adopt and implement long-term solutions and strategies for the continued provision of telemedicine care... READ MORE