“Discoverability” of Social Media Content Highlights Security Risks
Healthcare Risk Management Perspective on Social Media by Doug Pollack, ID Experts I attended a session at this week’s ASHRM titled Social Media in Hospitals:…
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ONC advancing Blue Button, CDS standards efforts
Automating the Blue Button to Exchange PHI Mary Mosquera Senior Editor, Government Health IT Developers in an ONC voluntary community are beginning to drill down into…
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…
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…
Are HIE Business Models Sustainable
What Do HIEs and Cracked Windshields Have in Common? Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC, ID Experts If you are a patient, like most, you are probably assuming…
Rapid Adoption of EHRs Create Patient Privacy Issues
Top 3 Issues Facing Patient Privacy Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts You have greater privacy rights regarding the size of a shirt you…
Health IT News: This Week’s Posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling on ACA and more… SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act Back in March the Supreme Court heard…
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…
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…