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Your computer system is the beating heart behind your healthcare business. It allows you to store and access all of the medical records needed to carry out your duties as a healthcare professional. 

But how do you maintain and improve the system performance of your healthcare computer? 

In this handy guide, we’ll give you all of the tips you need to maintain your system. 

Back-Up Your Data To The Cloud 

When it comes to healthcare data, you will be handling some very important information. It is essential that you take care of this data. You can do this by backing it up to the cloud.

By backing up your data to the cloud, you will be saving space on your drives. You will also be protecting the information from any disasters or attacks that might befall you. 

You may also want to look at how to find and remove duplicates on Mac so that you are not wasting space on duplicate files and folders. 

Clean The Dust From Your Computer 

Dust in the air vents of your computer could get sucked in. This will then clog up vital parts of the machine such as the fan. In turn, this can cause your computer to overheat, to slow down and to crash. 

Take the time to look after your machines. Dust the outsides of your computers. If you notice that there is a big build-up of dust and fluff in your vents, you should also open up your computer and clean inside it too. 

Run Antivirus Scans Daily 

Keeping patient data safe is not only essential, but it is also a legal requirement. Your healthcare business has a duty to adhere to data protection regulations.

It is important that you keep your antivirus up-to-date and that you run daily scans on your system. This will help you to ensure you don’t have any vulnerabilities that could open you up to being attacked. 

Train Employees To Identify Potential Attacks

The healthcare sector comes under attack from hackers often, and one of the ways that cybercriminals will target healthcare organizations is through phishing attacks. 

Phishing attacks are attempts at gaining access to your system by getting an employee to provide password information. Often, an email will be sent which looks as though it is from a legitimate company. The unsuspecting employee clicks a link from the email and then is directed to a fake page. There, they will enter their real login details believing it to be genuine. These login details will then be stolen and used to access the account in the future. 

The best way to avoid falling foul of a phishing attack is by educating all of your employees into what they are and how they work. Hold regular training sessions to remind your employees of the dangers associated with clicking links in emails and let them know about how they can spot a potential phishing scam email.