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Electronic health records privacy compliance
Providers advance in battle against data breaches in healthcare
The new year could be one of healthcare cybersecurity catchup, after 2015 logged huge health data breaches and 2016 saw devastating ransomware attacks on providers. Continue Reading
Blockchain healthcare promise, problems aired at government conference
Blockchain distributed ledger technology bears big potential and poses challenges for health IT applications; supporters and skeptics debated blockchain at a government workshop. Continue Reading
ONC official: Hospitals may already be familiar with new MACRA provisions
BALTIMORE --Two main points stood out most when a leading ONC official took the stage at today’s AHIMA conference: MACRA and data segmentation for patient privacy. The release of the final MACRA ... Continue Reading
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The trade-off to big data in healthcare: Privacy
Big data in healthcare presents many positive possibilities for patient care. But as David Lazarus writes in his recent column in the Los Angeles Times, while big data presents many benefits -- ... Continue Reading
New Brother printers offer HIPAA compliance for healthcare
While much of healthcare has gone digital, some hospitals and many smaller providers still use paper records; Brother print-fax-store machines are HIPAA-compliant for print. Continue Reading
Q&A: The main reason healthcare organizations violate HIPAA
The second round of HIPAA audits have commenced, and most likely some healthcare organizations will be found to violate HIPAA. A health IT expert discusses common mistakes.Continue Reading
CIO Halamka advocates for patient data sharing in healthcare
Patients should freely and openly share health data so that data breaches won't matter, CIO John Halamka says. He also believes that choice should be up to each individual.Continue Reading
Healthcare information security tops purchasing survey
In a TechTarget survey, health IT buyers said they are looking at security compliance ahead of analytics and EHR systems. Meanwhile, mobility is up as well.Continue Reading
Data security in healthcare tops health IT buying intentions
Healthcare data security and HIPAA compliance emerged as the top areas in a TechTarget survey of 2016 health IT buying intentions. Meanwhile, cloud and mobility are growing quickly.Continue Reading
HIPAA audit program serious business, expert says
As OCR HIPAA audits get underway, healthcare law expert David Harlow says healthcare organizations should prepare, and that patient access to data will be part of audits.Continue Reading
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Probst on cybersecurity in healthcare: 'We have to work together'
As it should be, cybersecurity is on many healthcare CIOs' minds. Marc Probst, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare, shares some advice.Continue Reading
For secure messaging, healthcare shouldn't rely on texting
Texting is convenient and fun, but it is not the appropriate way for physicians to communicate securely with patients about health matters, such as lab test results.Continue Reading
Ask the expert: Encryption is key for a HIPAA covered entity
David Reis, CISO at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, discusses important steps a healthcare organization, as a HIPAA covered entity, should take to remain compliant.Continue Reading
Privacy, security controls for healthcare HIPAA compliance
For HIPAA healthcare compliance, providers and other healthcare organizations need to prepare for HIPAA audits and use effective privacy and security controls.Continue Reading
Wanted: Super sleuths to find healthcare data security risks
To secure patient data in a world on the go, learn from breaches others have experienced, experts say, and look at how analytics can boost your security strategy.Continue Reading