By William Hersh – NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins accepted a report from his Advisory Committee that set forth a strategic vision that affirmed the NLM as a strategic leader in data science, biomedical informatics, and as a library resource.
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By Art Gross – Now that the 2015 HIPAA Audits have begun, organizations are reevaluating their HIPAA compliance posture. This is a good thing being that an organization will have very little time to respond to pre-audit and audit inquiries from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
By Matt Fisher – The rapid adoption of electronic health records (“EHR”) and other new technology in healthcare has resulted in the introduction of serious security threats. Numerous stories and reports have made it clear that hackers, criminals and others view the healthcare industry as a ripe target due to security vulnerabilities. This issue is exacerbated by the high value placed upon medical records in the black market.
More than 250 nonprofit organizations representing patients, family caregivers, health care providers, and researchers joined with the National Health Council in signing a letter of support for the 21st Century Cures Act.
By Sarianne Gruber – A Conversation with Lisa Emrich, iConquerMS and Sarianne Gruber about patients like herself with MS to join together, to bring their data together and to fight their disease. Lisa possesses an aura of optimism and heart. Probably the two most key qualities needed for bringing these patients together.
By Richard Kronick, Ph.D. – On Monday, June 15, 2015, while attending AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis, I was excited to announce AHRQ’s plans to fund three Centers of Excellence to study how health care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care.
By William Hyman – The recent ONC webinar on “EHR Usability & Health IT Safety” provided three interesting presentations on the design of EHRs and the influence of design on effective use.
By John Halamka MD – In my previous writing, I’ve suggested that the federal government co-opted our Clinical IT agenda over the past three years with Meaningful Use Stage 2, ICD-10, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By Jonathan Krasner – There are a large number of potential attack vectors on any network. Medical devices on a healthcare network is certainly one of them. While medical devices represent a potential threat, it is important to keep in mind that the threat level posed by any given medical device should be determined by a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) and dealt with appropriately.