Implementing Privacy, Security, and Compliance in Healthcare
I Brake for Snakes But Not Zombies David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile Texas certainly has its share of colorful bumper stickers….
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Protecting Patient Information
How would Your Practice Protect Kim’s Information? By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Recently, several employees of Cedars Sinai Medical Center were fired for improperly accessing…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Information Outflow
Doctors in the BYOD Era: Stemming the Tide of Information Outflow Vasu Ram, President and CTO of Content Raven Twitter: @vraven360 The Identity Theft Resource…
EHR and Cyber Security
COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The FDA has issued a draft guidance…
HHS Seeks Input and Comments on HIPAA Audit Process
OCR Issues ICR on HIPAA Audit Program The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health…
FAQs for Navigating IT Adoption
Health IT Adoption FAQs Resources Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are a good resource when you find that question you were looking for. There are several…
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…
Will HIPAA Omnibus’s Impermissible Disclosure and Use Standards Complicate Your Compliance Efforts?
By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions The HIPAA Omnibus Rules, released in January 2013, will dramatically affect how you manage and deal with the impermissible disclosure…
Turn Your HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Around
HIPAA Security Rule Can No Longer Be Ignored By Mike Semel, Semel Consulting Health care organizations that have ignored the HIPAA Security Rule; businesses that…