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About Health Tech Authority

Health Tech Authority is an independent publication covering the technology side of health care - the infrastructure, systems, security, and operations that keep health care organizations running every day.

Health Care Technology Coverage for the People in the Mix

We write for the people who do the work: solo IT staff at small clinics and Critical Access Hospitals, systems administrators managing Windows Server and Active Directory, network engineers handling firewalls and segmentation, security officers enforcing HIPAA compliance, and IT managers or CIOs making strategic decisions in resource-constrained environments.

 

Our focus is practical and hands-on.

We cover:

  • Infrastructure and systems administration (Active Directory, Group Policy, Configuration Manager (formerly SCCM/MECM), Intune, PowerShell automation, virtualization, storage, print management).
  • Networking (firewalls like pfSense, Fortinet, Palo Alto; switches, wireless, VPN, SD-WAN, network monitoring tools like LibreNMS or PRTG).
  • Security and compliance (HIPAA Security Rule requirements with specific citations to 45 CFR 164, ransomware defense, vulnerability management, MFA, Conditional Access, incident response).
  • Cloud platforms (Microsoft 365 administration, Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Defender).
  • EHR and clinical systems (from the IT perspective: HL7/FHIR interfaces, integrations, interoperability, system administration).
  • Leadership and strategy (IT budgeting, staffing, vendor management, governance for health care organizations).
  • Vendor landscape (honest reviews and comparisons based on real deployments, not press releases).

 

We do not cover clinical medicine, treatment protocols, health care business news unrelated to technology, startup funding, consumer health apps, or wellness technology.

Health Tech Authority is owned and operated by SMP Consulting, LLC.

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