Data Scientists Must Also Be Research Methodology Scientists
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I had the chance recently to attend a conference in Singapore, Big Data and Analytics…
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HIPAA Compliance & Meaningful Use Tech Tips (part 2)
COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting HIPAA Compliance Tech Tips Part 2 (for the first of this 2-part series click here) More critical components of a HIPAA compliant…
HIPAA Compliance and Meaningful Use Tech Tips
HIPAA Compliance Tech Tips Part 1 of 2 COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting HIPAA Compliance can be a mystery. It can be even more mysterious when…
Being HIPAA Compliant is not a Snapshot in Time
Meaningful Use Requires You to Protect Patient Data COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting Protecting patient information is like protecting patient safety; it is something you…
ONC to Provide Annual Guidance on Surveillance as Part of EHR Certification Process
EHR Certification and Surveillance William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Last week’s ONC Health…
The Limits to De-Identification of Clinical Data
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor There is a wealth of opportunity for putting digital clinical data to use for better understanding health…
Identity verification is key for successful implementation of Direct
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Health Information Technology is on the threshold of a significant step forward. Up until now, most of the emphasis in…
HIPAA Compliant Data – Who Can Get to What, and Why
Mike Semel Semel Consulting Before you give your employees HIPAA compliant access to patient data you must do some planning. While it would be easy to give…
EHR and Cyber Security
COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The FDA has issued a draft guidance…