The Americans with Disabilities Act was instituted in 1990 in an effort to end discrimination based on differing abilities. Drawing heavily from the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which established protections against discrimination based on race, religion, sex or national origin, the ADA went a step further by requiring organizations to provide “reasonable accommodations” to employees wit ...
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TECKpert recently visited the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Telehealth Center for a behind-the-scenes look at digital transformation in healthcare. As forerunners in the telehealth space, NCH is leveraging a range of new technologies to expand their ability to offer specialized care.
Nicklaus Children’s role as a specialty provider of cutting edge pediatric and fetal care makes them uniq ...
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The TECKpert team recently attended “The Doctor in Your Smartphone: Telehealth & Its Impact on the Healthcare Industry.” Healthcare organizations like AvMed and UHealth, both sponsors of the event, are making telehealth part of their long term strategic plan. The panel featured telehealth experts: Dr. Anne E. Burdick of the University of Miami; Dr. Deborah Mulligan of Nova Southeastern and ...
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Without knowing it, you’re probably already using IoT devices in your daily life. IoT, or Internet of Things, refers to the ever-growing set of objects and devices that are internet-enabled, capable of connecting to and sharing information with your other devices and web-based accounts. The growth of IoT has implications for all parts of everyda ...
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I recently finished The Third Wave by Steve Case. If you don’t know who Case is, he was the CEO of AOL from 1991 until when he retired as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003. For many, AOL was the internet in the '90s. I remember dialing up using AOL as my gateway to the internet and using its many services throughout junior and high school. I’m sure many of you know someone still usi ...
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Today’s proliferation of multimedia content on the Internet is increasingly consumed on mobile devices. This heavy demand for video streaming and graphics “on the go” requires unprecedented amounts of wireless network bandwidth. Network congestion, in turn, causes websites to load slowly, which may degrade the user experience to the point that users abandon a particular site.
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Social media has long been a tool of connection for personal relationships and digital online marketing, but the darker side of it gives attackers a way to research a specific target's background in order to use a type of social engineering attack called spear phishing. These digital platforms are a wealth of information for an attacker that wants to obtain private login credentials, understand a ...
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With everyone's inboxes overloaded with privacy policy emails, we thought it would be a good time to help explain what GDPR is and give our take on this whole situation. Some of what we discuss should help you understand what you may need to do if you own a business (and have a website).
Disclaimer: We are not lawyers. Nothing in this article should be considered legal advice.
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