With cybersecurity boundaries going beyond the traditional walls of an office and attack surfaces constantly expanding, data breaches are inevitable. Managing risks from data breaches requires organizations to develop a comprehensive incident response plan – an established guideline that facilitates incident detection, response and containment, and empowers cybersecurity analysts to secure a company’s digital asset.

Hospitals that adopt electronic health records (EHR) to optimize clinical workflows face the decision of how to integrate EHR alerts into their workflows. The rationale is to surface actionable data from EHR systems and present healthcare providers with this information to supplement their day-to-day clinical decisions.

Is your IT team ready to respond to an increasing volume of data security incidents? According to the 2021 Annual Data Breach report from the Identity Theft Resource Center, 2021 saw a record number of data breaches, representing a 68% increase from the year prior. The most recent Cost of a Data Breach report from IBM shares the Ponemon Institute’s finding that the average data breach is a $4.24 million expense, up 9.8% from the previous year.

Delivering dependable and high-performing IT services in 2022 requires coordination and collaboration across different workflows, areas of expertise, and even time zones. Whether serving in-house colleagues or external clients, there is immense pressure on IT management to create seamless experiences 24/7/365. Seconds matter when critical systems break down, and slow incident resolution can have costly ramifications on customer experience and employee productivity.

Effective communication in nursing is central to providing top-quality patient care. Nurses communicate with patients to understand their health issues, and they provide them with the care and compassion needed for recovery. Accomplishing effective communication with patients directly impacts patient health outcomes, and it has far-fetched implications when carried out ineffectively. As such, effective communication in nursing drives patient-centered care.

The cost of IT downtimes is enormous as service breakdowns impact both the top-line and bottom-line growth. As the digital ecosystem continues to become complex and organizations continue to adopt additional tools and systems to scale their businesses, it’s imperative that they are equipped with incident response tools that can help drive accelerated incident response and mitigate expensive downtimes.