Medicare is taking steps to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. Through this initiative the CMS will prevent fraud, fight identity theft and protect essential program funding and the private healthcare and financial information of our Medicare beneficiaries.
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HIMSS inaugural BrandHIT conference last week in Las Vegas. We were there and followed the action. Check out our recap of Day 1 and hashtag #BrandHIT for more insights from attendees.
By Steve Curren – Health records possess a wealth of critical information, and the ability of healthcare professionals to quickly access them can be vital to ensuring positive patient outcomes. However, these records also contain information that is valuable to cyber criminals.
By Lauren Cranford – Modern patient-care related technologies such as EHRs and health portals, telemedicine, and wearable devices have the potential to put patients in greater control of their health than ever before.
By Matt Fisher – Healthcare entities have received another warning from the OCR concerning yet another aspect of HIPAA compliance. OCR’s settlement with St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center focuses on controlling when and how PHI is released.
Winners of this challenge created Model Privacy Notice (MPN) generators that produce a customizable MPN for health information technology (IT) developers, making it easier for consumers to see a product’s privacy and security policies.
By Kayla Matthews – Hospitals and other health care facilities are a hive of activity, filled with busy worker bees in the form of the doctors and nurses that save lives every single day. While these medical professionals do their best to keep track of everything and everyone, sometimes it can be difficult to keep things straight.
By Matt Kelly – Medical providers are challenged with navigating the new healthcare landscape for their staff while continuing to improve the patient experience. While healthcare has seen incredible advances in both medicine and technology over the last several decades, the patient care model continues to evolve.
By Rachel Beavins Tracy – After the mega-merger era of 2015-2016, the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act and a new administration in the White House, many in the medical device industry are wondering what changes are on the horizon for 2017.