Healthcare Tech Article

Project Hosts Featured as a Leader in Healthcare IT Security

  Project Hosts was recently featured by Healthcare Tech Outlook. The article dives into the cloud services that we offer to the healthcare community, including describing our healthcare migration plan and our Azure Security Envelope. Project Host also made Healthcare Tech Outlook’s “Top 10 Healthcare Cybersecurity Solution Providers – 2018.” They describe the companies on…

AWS vs Azure

Comparing Azure and AWS Clouds

The future of information technology is the cloud. Amazon and Microsoft are two companies that provide a cloud services. A cloud service provider (CSP) is a company that offers components of cloud computing to businesses and/or individuals. While Azure is eight years behind Amazon Web Services (AWS), it is of Microsoft – “arguably the most…

Linux System Engineer

Data Center Optimization Initiative – Updated

In 2014, when the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) was passed, the Federal Government was required to consolidate and optimize agencies’ data centers until October 1, 2018. After FITARA was passed, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) which set priorities for data center closures and…

Men's health issues

No Shave November Brings Healthcare to Men

At Project Hosts, we concluded our No Shave November having learned more about men’s health and the issues men typically face health wise. Raising awareness on men’s cancer helped our participants consider their own health and learn more about symptoms, preventative measures and how they play an active role in their overall health. For this…

Human Error in Healthcare IT

Human Error – Causing Security Problems in Healthcare

Hospitals, between 2009-2016, accounted for almost one third of all reported security incidents to the U.S. Office for Civil Rights (OCR). More incidents than any other industry. They pose themselves as easy targets because they contain valuable information on multiple devices and most healthcare organizations are focused on healthcare, not cybersecurity. However, one report found…

Healthcare PPM Cloud

Project Hosts and BrightWork Partner to Offer Healthcare Compliant PPM Cloud

Project Hosts and BrightWork recently announced their partnership in bringing a HIPAA/HITRUST compliant PPM solution to the cloud. The PPM Healthcare Cloud is provided on Microsoft Azure. This union allows healthcare organizations to Manage and report across all portfolios and collaborate easily while maintaining 100% of the compliance standards required for Protected Health Information (PHI).…

October Was Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October was breast cancer awareness month, a month dedicated to bringing awareness and support to the women and men battling this disease. While our business is cloud-based Security and Compliance, we service both Government and Healthcare, and Cancer is something that we have all experienced either directly or indirectly.  The month is embraced by various organizations…

Open Enrollment on Microsoft Azure

Most of what is known about open enrollment comes at the end of a long and arduous unseen process that involves interdepartmental collaboration and effort. Human resource and Operations managers are reviewing the compliance of benefit programs and negotiating the best plan choices for their employees. A team from Information Systems is preparing for online…

Cloud Compliance

Do Healthcare IT Departments Know to Require Compliance from Their ISVs?

As a leading Cloud Service Provider (CSP) for Healthcare organizations and Government agencies, Project Hosts is often approached by IT professionals in search of effective security and compliance. In 2011, the Cloud First Initiative required government agencies to seek cloud adoption wherever possible. In order to ensure the security of their workloads and data, these…