Determine Exposures By a Thorough Security Risk Analysis
How to Conduct a Rigorous Security Risk Analysis By Bob Chaput, CEO of Clearwater Compliance LLC Last year, HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules…
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Reaffirming the Value of Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology in 2013 William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The year 2013 was not a great year for health…
Stage 2 MU Patient Engagement Validation May Cause Audit Issues
2014: CMS EHR Incentive Audit Risk – Patient Engagement and Portals By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com EHR…
IOM Discussion Paper Looks at ROI of EHR Implementation
A Standard Model For Evaluating Return On Investment From Electronic Health Record Implementation The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit organization providing unbiased and authoritative research…
ACA Changes the Healthcare Marketplace and the Economics Driving It
Flawed Accounting By Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, CMIO, Infor Follow him @bchaiken For more than a half century, the healthcare industry applied a flawed business…
Annual Reflections at the End of 2013
Another Gratifying Year William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor It has become a tradition for this blog for my last posting of…
Lessons Learned from a $150,000 HIPAA Penalty
Small Thumb Drive Brings Large HIPAA Penalty By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting My late uncle would not understand the latest HIPAA penalty for…
Annual Survey Reveals Top 10 Tech Trends to Watch in 2014
Logicalis USÂ Fifth Annual Tech Trends Reveals What CIOs, CTOs are Talking about Most What technologies and trends do IT experts have on their minds for…
Industry Talks at CMS eHealth Summit
Health Care Delivery, Information Exchange and the Future of Electronic Quality Measurement CMS Communication from Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services We…