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Healthcare IT and Hosting – Observations from the HIMSS12 Conference
By Brian White, Director of Business Development for Layered Tech Layered Tech recently attended the annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, the premier healthcare IT show of the year, and we wanted to...
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Additional Observations from the HIMSS12 Conference and Results from the...
By Brian White, Director of Business Development for Layered Tech As mentioned in the previous blog entry, Layered Tech recently attended the annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, the premier...
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Where Are You on HIPAA Compliance?
Healthcare information and the push to adopt Electronic Health Records by 2014 can be very intimidating. The Medicare and Medicaid programs provide incentives to eligible professionals, hospitals and...
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Verizon Enters HIPAA Compliance Market
Layered Tech was excited to see Verizon’s October 1 announcement highlighting their new cloud portfolio supporting the Healthcare security requirements, because it provides further validation that the...
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Mixing Clients in the Cloud
The recently announced Layered Tech Cloud Data Center platform extends our experience in delivering secure and compliance solutions to the cloud, without sacrificing business agility. We have operated...
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Up and to the Right: Layered Tech advances in Gartner Magic Quadrant
Gartner recently published the 2013 edition of the Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting which included Layered Tech. Since our first inclusion in 2010, Layered Tech has significantly increased our...
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Take the Plunge Into the Cloud
I have spent the last 12 years working in sales in the hosting industry, and I must say that the last 4+ have been the most interesting with the emergence of cloud hosting in the market. I spend my...
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Layered Tech Commitment to Privacy Continues with Safe Harbor Recertification
With the prevalence of cybercrime, governments have enacted laws; organizations have established standards; and companies such as Layered Tech have implemented considerable administrative, technical,...
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Should You Care About Application Performance Management?
Every customer running revenue-critical business applications should consider adding application performance monitoring and management. For this reason, we have taken our experience deploying...
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HIPAA Security Rule Controls: Do You Have Them?
Recent changes to the HIPAA Rules through the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, may affect the way healthcare professionals do business. The changes, which became effective March 26, 2013, now apply the...
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Is It Safe?
Some of you might remember the movie Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman as Babe. In it, he is repeatedly questioned by the former Nazi SS dentist, Dr. Christian Szell and asked, “Is it safe?”...
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What You Need To Know About Application Performance Management
I have seen a shift in responsibility for overseeing and managing applications. Application monitoring and management is increasingly moving from application architects and developers and into IT...
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Q4 Update From Layered Tech CEO Jack Finlayson
I’m excited to update you on the progress and status of Layered Technologies (LT) Inc. as we begin the fourth quarter of 2013. Layered Tech has developed into a complex managed hosting company with our...
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Hooray for HITRUST
It can be difficult to prove whether a cloud or managed hosting provider is certified HIPAA compliant because today no formal process or status exists to verify that claim. The HIPAA Security Rule...
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Startups That Fly – Layered Tech’s Role
As Director of Compliance and Security services at Layered Tech since 2008, I have seen our Compliant Services business grow significantly during that time. With that growth, there has been a...
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Healthcare Startups, HIPAA Compliance, and Texas Hold ‘Em
Your healthcare startup has just secured its second or third round of funding as you prepare to move your apps out of beta testing and into the marketplace. It’s a heady time; your team is filled with...
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Why Education and Certification Matters for Tech Service Providers
It seems obvious that better trained employees will have a positive impact in any business. Yet, a recent survey by Accenture found that 35% of executives say they have not invested enough in training...
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iHT2 Health IT Summit Preview: Three Hot Topics
iHT2 Health IT Summit Preview Hi, I’m Steve Chu from Layered Tech. Next week I will be attending the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Austin, Texas along with Jeff Reich, Layered Tech’s Chief Risk Officer....
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Top 10 HIPAA Data Breaches of 2013
With 2013 in the books, it’s time to look back at some of the biggest health information privacy blunders of the year. The list below represents the ten largest HIPAA data breaches as tracked by the...
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Visit Layered Tech at HIMSS14
HIPAA-Omnibus-HIMSS-2-14-14-B On September 23, 2013 the HIPAA Omnibus Rule went into effect. This rule provides further clarification to a complex set of requirements. It also defines some potentially...
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