EHRs, HIEs Exacerbate Data Security Vulnerabilities
Cybercrime Targeting Health Records by Doug Pollack, ID Experts The data breach incident that hit The Surgeons of Lake County, a medical services practice in…
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Incident Response Plan for PHI Data Breach
Tips for Developing an Incident Response Plan to Secure PHI by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your healthcare organization have an incident response plan in…
16 Rules for an Effective HIE
Ryba’s 16 Rules of Effective HIE Joel Ryba, COO, HIXNY As a fan of the relational database, and the inventor of the relational model, the…
New Study on Public Health Agencies Use of Social Media
Public Health Agencies Can Better Leverage Social Media BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal with a mission to create greater understanding of…
HIE as a Core Infrastructure for ACOs
Health Information Exchange Is the Foundation for ACOs Reference to Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) appears in only seven pages of the massive healthcare reform law…
HIEs Critical to Success of ACOs
5 reasons ACOs need HIEs to thrive Michelle McNickle New Media Producer for Healthcare IT News Twitter @Michelle_writes For hospitals looking to transform into accountable…
HIEs Must Meet Big Data Challenges
Solving Issues Around Big Data As Health Information Exchanges (HIE) become more common there is a greater focus on technology as a differentiating factor for…
Cooperative Network Launched for EHR and HIT Professionals
New Network Connects Health It Professionals Our colleagues from EMRApproved.com recently launched a network community portal dedicated to help the EHR and health IT consultant…
Top-of-Mind Pitfalls to Avoid When Launching HIEs
What Problem is the HIE Seeking to Solve? The number of health information exchanges (HIEs) increased from 234 in 2010 to 255 in 2011, or…