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HIPAA omnibus rule: Compliance tips for provider preparedness

Attorney and former HHS Office of Civil Rights authority dissects the HIPAA omnibus rule for compliance strategies. Continue Reading
Tips for making an app virtualization initiative a success

Kirk Larson, CIO at Children's Hospital Central California, shares some tips for making a successful app virtualization initiative. Continue Reading
Support encryption of sensitive health data across locations

Health organizations can support encryption by controlling the location of sensitive data. Continue Reading
2012 health care trends: Disaster recovery response, PACS and more

See what 2012 health care trends stood out against all the new developments in the field. Continue Reading
Creating a culture of security not just a task for the IT department

Many providers push security off on their IT department, but creating a culture of security takes the entire staff. Continue Reading

Policy, technology foster HIPAA compliance and data breach prevention

Completing their 2012 health care data breach research, Ponemon Institute and ID Expert sources give data breach prevention and HIPAA compliance tips. Continue Reading
RSNA 2012: Push health IT staff, radiologists to speak same language

Tips from RSNA 2012 session can apply to interfacing any health care IT staffer with non-IT clinicians using the technology they maintain. Continue Reading
Develop a new PACS integration strategy to merge data

Many health care organizations are exploring PACS integration for storage of their medical images. Continue Reading
New wave of mHealth apps bridge doctor-patient gap

There are thousands of mHealth apps for Apple users. Read more in-depth about a few of them. Continue Reading
CIO: Pay physician testers, accelerate CPOE meaningful use compliance

Physicians don't want to be on-the-job beta testers of CPOE meaningful use compliance. So, pay them to do it off-hours. Continue Reading
EHR usability testing key to clinician buy-in, meaningful use

EHR usability testing can predict physician buy-in and should inform vendor selection, application configuration or software design. Continue Reading

Migrating medical records to the cloud heeds secure storage security concerns

The health care data tsunami, and an increase in breaches, lead IT managers to consider cloud storage security concerns. Continue Reading
CIO John Halamka, on writing a HIPAA-friendly BYOD policy

Tablets, smartphones and laptops employees bring in can be secured through a thoughtful combination of BYOD policy and technology controls. Continue Reading
Providers must consider security of cloud analytics systems

Cloud analytics systems provide the scalability and low cost providers need, but providers must be aware of their vendor's security offerings. Continue Reading
Tune up privacy compliance for coming federal HIPAA audits

As OCR wraps up the first phase of its HIPAA audit program, health care providers at AHIMA 2012 begin to see how they will work. Continue Reading