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Why Health IT Security Grows More Complex
Tweet Former DoD Cyber-security Analyst Addresses HIPAA Security Challenges By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is starting enforcement of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule on Sept. 23, 2013, and aside from regulatory compliance, the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee is encouraging health organizations to use sound risk management practices [...]
HIPAA Data Breach: Protect your data storage devices, backups, and train your staff
Tweet Don’t Join the HIPAA Data Breach ‘Wall of Shame’ Mike Semel Semel Consulting In compliance with the HIPAA Data Breach Notification Rule, more than 570 HIPAA data breaches of over 500 records have been reported since 2010, with over 21 million patient records lost. This information is posted on a federal website known informally as the HIPAA ‘Wall of [...]
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Goes Into Effect
Tweet 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 the government’s ability to enforce the law. When the rule was passed in January of this year, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said “The new rule will help protect patient [...]
Protecting and Securing ePHI a Top Priority
Tweet Preventive Medicine for Healthcare Providers: Fighting bugs and viruses of a different sort David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile The doctor’s office is changing. It’s becoming much less common to see the rows of filing cabinets filled with paper files on each patient. Instead, healthcare today is driven more and more [...]
HIMSS Hosts 1st Annual Privacy and Security Forum
Tweet HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum – Training and Focus David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile What do Catie the Lobby Dog and the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum Have in Common? Well, if you are like me, you were hoping that maybe December would slow down a bit and you could get [...]
New Guidance for HIPAA Breach Response Plan
Tweet NIST Draft Publication Provides Guidance for HIPAA Breach Response Plans By Matt Wimberley, Santa Rosa Consulting The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just released a new draft revision to its Computer Security Incident Handling Guide. HIPAA Privacy and Security officers should take note and review carefully. While NIST does not have full [...]
HIPAA Breaches Continue to Mount
Tweet 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 all reported recent breaches of varying sizes. Since the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) began publicly reporting breaches in September of 2009, almost 21 million individuals have been [...]
ONC Launches Slew of Health IT Initiatives in Q2
Tweet ONC Initiatives for Q2 2012 The ONC maintained a furious pace of federal Health IT initiatives announced or launched in the second quarter of 2012. Here is a list highlighting some of the key developments. ONC Health IT Dashboard Tool Summarizes Information The ONC has launched its newest website that presents key information and [...]
Health IT Digest – Posts on HIPAA Security, e-Prescribing, Meaningful Use Standards
Tweet This week’s posts on HIPAA Omnibus, eRx Implementation, Standards in Stage 2 New Toolsets Support e-Prescribing (eRx) Implementation The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced their two new toolsets which are now available for physicians and pharmacies. The toolsets will help physicians in small to large practices support e-prescribing implementation. The toolsets [...]…» [...]
Healthcare Data Breaches on the Rise
Tweet 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 the healthcare industry such a hot target for hackers? The answer lies in the records that they keep. Medical records contain some of the most valuable personal information — [...]
October 1, 2014, the health care industry will adopt the ICD-10 code set. While you should prepare for this transition, your medical billing, practice management and EHR vendor should be working hard right now with you to adapt your system. 
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