Who’s Accessing Your Data?: The Insider Threat
By Matt Fisher – Despite the fact that ransomware and hacking attacks draw the biggest headlines, it is actually improper insider access that causes the highest number of data breaches.
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Patient Engagement – Transcending the “Customer” Experience
At HIMSS17 in Orlando, Patient Engagement was a topic of keen interest, for a number of reasons. I sat down with Dr. Robert Dudzinski, Executive Vice President, Healthcare Practice for West Corporation. Dr. Dudzinski shares his insights on the intersection of patient engagement and value-based care.
Lessons Learned from EHR Integration of Medical Devices
By Kathy Inkley – As the assigned project manager spearheading numerous large health system enterprise-wise medical device integration programs for over a decade, I’ve learned an essential lesson about EHR integration of medical devices.
OCR Issues Second Largest HIPAA Fine to Date – $5.5 Million
By Art Gross – According to an article over on tripwire, a covered entity is facing serious penalties after the Office for Civil Rights issued them a hefty fine for their failure to comply with audit procedures including review, modification and termination of users’ access.
Take These Six Steps to Alleviate Patient Anxiety About Data Security
By D’Arcy Gue – Not every patient admitted to your hospital will know that healthcare promises to be the most frequent target of hacking efforts in 2017. But many will. They may be among the 21 percent of patients who withhold information from their doctor for fear of data breaches.
HIPAA Certified: Not So Fast
By Matt Fisher – A healthcare organization compare a number of vendors, product features and gets close to choosing one. Just before making the ultimate decision, someone asks, what about HIPAA?
ONC CQM Issue Tracker for eCQM Draft Measure Packages for 2017 Annual Update
CMS invites vendors and stakeholders to review and provide feedback on draft eCQM measure packages that include logic and header changes for eCQMs under consideration for CMS quality reporting and payment programs.
HIPAA, the Cloud and how Containers can Impact Healthcare Data Flow Challenge
At HIMSS 17 in Orlando I had a chance to sit down with two top executives from ClearDATA, Founder Chris Bowen and CTO Matt Ferrari. Here are audios and insights from both.
Can Security Be Solved?: Healthcare Challenge
By Matt Fisher – Every day brings a new report of a security breach or other security based problem within healthcare. The unceasing cycle of issues gives rise to the question of what can and is healthcare doing about security and in particular cybersecurity.