HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Goes Into Effect
HIPAA Omnibus Effective Today The final HIPAA Omnibus rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information, and strengthens…
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HIPAA Omnibus Ushers In Compliance Changes and Challenges
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Brings Sweeping Changes It has been ten days since the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights…
HHS Releases HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus Bill
Highlights of HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus Bill Released on January 17, 2013 Carolyn Hartley, President, CEO, Physicians EHR Late Thursday afternoon (1/17/13) HHS released the…
HIMSS Hosts 1st Annual Privacy and Security Forum
HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum – Training and Focus David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile What do Catie the Lobby Dog and the…
Information Security and Social Engineering Gone Astray
The Surprising Weakest Link in the Information Security Chain (and What to Do About It) By Jay Trinckes Chief Information Security Officer of Path Forward IT…
Annual Study Reveals Reasons for Rise in Data Breaches
94% of Study Participants Experience More than One Data Breach Past Two Years Each year the Ponemon Institute releases a benchmark study looking at patient…
OCR Releases Guide for De-Identifying Patient Health Information
Recommends Two Methods for De-Identifying PHI The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health information…
ONC Tiger Team Hosts Hearing on Patient Credentialing
Web Hearing Addresses Patient Engagement in Stage 2 MU To meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements providers will need to give their patients the ability to…
Key Issues to HIE and Patient Identity Integrity
HIEs and Patient Matching Noam Arzt, PhD, president and founder of HLN Consulting Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) represent a collection of organizations that choose to…