Potential HIPAA Breaches can be Found Everywhere
Hidden HIPAA Breaches in the Workplace By Bob Grant Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer for Compliancy Group LLC Look around you there are potential breaches…
Read MoreePHI
ONC to Hold Virtual Hearing on Uses of Digital Health Information
Accounting of Disclosures Hearing The HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team will be holding a virtual, public hearing to explore practical ways to…
Annual NeHC Survey Looks at Health IT Stakeholder Challenges for 2013
National eHealth Collaborative Releases Health IT Stakeholders Survey National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership with a mission to advance the secure and interoperable exchange…
Backup An Essential Part of Healthcare Organization’s Technology Strategy
A Healthier Practice Through Effective Backup David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile Most healthcare providers would agree that everything about their business…
Protecting and Securing ePHI a Top Priority
Preventive Medicine for Healthcare Providers: Fighting bugs and viruses of a different sort David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile The doctor’s office…
New Guidance for HIPAA Breach Response Plan
NIST Draft Publication Provides Guidance for HIPAA Breach Response Plans By Matt Wimberley, Santa Rosa Consulting The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just…
HIPAA Breaches Continue to Mount
HHS Reports 21M Affected by Health Data Breaches Since 2009 Another week, another data breach reported. Beth Israel Deaconess, Hartford Hospital and Stanford Hospital have…
Health IT Digest – Posts on HIPAA Security, e-Prescribing, Meaningful Use Standards
This week’s posts on HIPAA Omnibus, eRx Implementation, Standards in Stage 2 New Toolsets Support e-Prescribing (eRx) Implementation The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)…
Encrypting ePHI to Achieve HIPAA Security
Washington Stresses Encryption in HIPAA Security Rule By Matt Wimberley Santa Rosa Consulting The Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposed Rule indicates Washington’s continued emphasis on…