Being HIPAA Compliant is not a Snapshot in Time
Meaningful Use Requires You to Protect Patient Data COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting Protecting patient information is like protecting patient safety; it is something you…
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EHR Certification and Surveillance William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Last week’s ONC Health…
The Limits to De-Identification of Clinical Data
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor There is a wealth of opportunity for putting digital clinical data to use for better understanding health…
Identity verification is key for successful implementation of Direct
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Health Information Technology is on the threshold of a significant step forward. Up until now, most of the emphasis in…
HIPAA Compliant Data – Who Can Get to What, and Why
Mike Semel Semel Consulting Before you give your employees HIPAA compliant access to patient data you must do some planning. While it would be easy to give…
EHR and Cyber Security
COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The FDA has issued a draft guidance…
What is a Thinking Informatician to Think of IBM’s Watson?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the computer applications that has received the most attention in healthcare is Watson, the IBM system…
Is Big Data Getting Too Big?
In the Age of Digital Medicine, Big Data is Big News and Big Business Yesterday, Tom Sullivan, Editor at Government HealthIT, and reporting from his…
Failed Firewall the Latest HIPAA Penalty
400,000 reasons to check your network security. Mike Semel Semel Consulting Want to avoid a HIPAA penalty? Do you know… what a firewall is? the…