Protocol for HIPAA Audits Released
OCR Establishes Requirements for HIPAA Performance Audits The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health…
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Safeguarding PHI in the Age of Mobile Devices
The Lifecycle of PHI and Mobile Device Insecurity Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts Mobile devices have become notorious for unintended exposure of protected…
Implementation Challenges and Barriers to Successful HIEs
HIEs Need Cultural “MegaChange” to Flourish John Smith ICA The alchemy involved in developing and executing a successful health information exchange (HIE) is complex. Technology,…
Health IT Digest – EHR Incentive Goal, Stage 4 Meaningful Use, New CTO
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption, NwHIN, ONC Challenge.gov winners and more… HHS Recruits Outside Innovation Expertise HHS is seeking entrepreneurs to help accelerate innovation….
EHR Incentive Program Participation Reaches 2012 Goal
100,000 adopt, implement or demonstrate Meaningful Use Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true……
Implementation Challenges and Barriers to Successful HIEs
HIEs Need Cultural “MegaChange” to Flourish John Smith ICA The alchemy involved in developing and executing a successful health information exchange (HIE) is complex. Technology,…
Healthcare Data Breaches on the Rise
String of Healthcare Data Breaches a Wake Up Call David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile Health Information Equals Hacker’s Gold Mine What makes…
Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule to be Released End of Summer
HIPAA Omnibus Applies to Business Associates and Sub Contractors On March 24, 2012 the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule…
HIPAA Security and HITECH
Resources to understand expansion of HIPAA under HITECH Act The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed in February of 2009. A portion…