Omnibus HIPAA: BAs, Breaches Will Get Worse Before Better
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor If the healthcare providers that have been operating under HIPAA for nearly two decades were the only ones…
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Advice to the Next National Coordinator
COMMENTARY Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS Life as a Healthcare CIO Twitter: @jhalamka Over the next few months, Jacob Reider will serve as the interim National…
HIPAA Business Associate Avoidance and Google Update
By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (see page 5572) was announced in January, 9 months ago, and was very clear…
Gimme Some Analytics (We Already Have It!)
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the most common requests we hear for new curricular content in our clinical…
Further Evidence That Health IT Job Growth Has Been Underestimated, and Some Ramifications
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor New data from an analysis of online job postings confirms that employment growth in health…
Huge HIPAA Data Breach & 2014 Audits
Avoid a Costly HIPAA Data Breach with a Risk Analysis By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting Do you think that HIPAA is just some…
Gov’t shutdown hits HHS, ONC hard
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor The resurrected phrase in Washington on Tuesday is “orderly phase-down and suspension of operations.” Midnight Monday arrived without…
Patient Centered Data is the Best Solution for “Meaningful Consent”
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently released guidelines to address the question of consent when it comes…
5 Steps for Staying HIPAA Compliant
Being HIPAA Compliant is a Journey By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting So, September 23, 2013, the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Enforcement Deadline, has come and…