HIPAA Doesn’t Require Data Encryption, But You Should
Data Encryption Saves Millions in HIPAA Breach Penalties Mike Semel, HIT Security Every time there is a HIPAA data breach penalty for a lost laptop or hard…
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The Learning Healthcare System and Evidence-Based Medicine
Implementing the Learning Healthcare System Can Be Facilitated Using the Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The enthusiasm…
HIE and the Acronym Shortage
The use of acronyms and abbreviations has been decried in healthcare because of the potential for confusion when they are misunderstood. So now we have HIE which means, variously, Health Insurance Exchange, or Health Information Exchange. The Affordable Care Act has mandated Health Insurance Exchanges (HIE) which are to be new state systems, or a default federal
Knowns and Unknowns About the Health IT Workforce
Knowns and Unknowns About the Health IT Workforce William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have had the opportunity over the last…
Shining a Light on Biggest Health IT Topics in 2012
Top Health IT Guest Posts in 2012 Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts and by now you’re thinking we’re milking this whole Health IT…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together – Part Three
The Role of HIE in Clinical Analytics Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO, ICA Read part 1 of this series Read part 2 of this series In…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together – Part Two
The Current Buzz around Analytics Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO, ICA Read part 1 of this series As we round the corner to soon approach HIMSS13,…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together at the Moment of Need
Healthcare Data Makes Quantum Leap – Part One Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO at ICA It’s an old story: healthcare is awash in data but starved for…
Health Care System To Benefit From Recent HIE Progress
Reason for Optimism About Health Information Exchange By Brian Ahier, writing for iHealthBeat.org The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information…