By Matt Fisher – Continuing a hot streak in the fall of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights announced another HIPAA settlement with a business associate on September 23, 2020. The $2,300,000 fine was imposed on a business associate following a months long cyberattack that resulted in the exfiltration of data for more than 6 million patients.
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By Chase Higbee – Internet-connected devices have changed the world we live in. It has changed the way we shop, the way business is done, how we provide healthcare, and even how we communicate with one another. Some argue it has made the world a lot smaller and built a global community with the ability to instantaneously communicate around the planet.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Tom Goodmanson CEO of Calabrio, a customer focused contact tracing solution provider that has been working with state and local health and government technology leaders to rapidly build out contact tracing operations and manage the agent workforce.
By Kevin Chaney, Tracy Okubo, Avinash Shanbhag & Teresa Zayas Cabán – The ONC announced the latest awards under its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity, which supports innovation to address emerging challenges and advance the development and use of interoperable health IT.
By Esther Turner – CMS has just announced that fielding for Health Outcomes Surveys (HOS) will take place only from August through November, replacing the previous April through July timeline.
By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights continues its recent attention to enforcing an individual’s right of access under HIPAA. The latest step is the concurrent announcement of five settlements with various entities for alleged failures to provide records upon request.
By Daniel Cidon – Our public health crisis is a sobering example of just how desperately seamless information sharing capabilities are needed. While EHRs have become commonplace, the disjointed, competitive nature of IT systems contributes to a proliferation of duplicate and incomplete patient records.
By Art Gross – At times, it feels as if we could start every week with this sentence: “There’s a new tactic being used by cybercriminals to trick unsuspecting victims.” And the sophistication level of the new tactics is off the charts. So, what are we dealing with as of late? Well, where should we start…
By Bradley Carlson – Efficient, “all-in-one” tools enhance caregivers ability to keep the focus on patients. Workstations on wheels—WOWs—are the equivalent of the nurse’s office. This equipment is integral to rounding, charting, and administering care and must help not hinder workflow.