Annual Study Reveals Reasons for Rise in Data Breaches
94% of Study Participants Experience More than One Data Breach Past Two Years Each year the Ponemon Institute releases a benchmark study looking at patient…
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5 Key Recommendations to Minimize Data Breaches
New Ponemon Study Reveals “Common-Cold Frequency” of Data Breaches by Rick Kam, ID Experts Let’s face it. Data breaches have passed the trend phase and…
Electronic Health Records vs. Patient Privacy: Who Will Win?
Patient privacy being challenged as patient records are digitized by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your dermatologist need access to your reproductive health history? Can…
Upcoming ONC Meetings, Events and EHR Incentive Deadlines
HIT Committee Meetings, EHR Incentive Deadlines, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Catch up with the ONC and take note of these important dates and events. November…
Five Tips to Make Patient Privacy Part of Your Organizational DNA
Best Practices to Minimize Data Breach Risks and Maintain a Culture of Privacy Compliance Data breaches in healthcare are raising alarm. Nearly 20 million patient…
Health IT Digest – Posts on Meaningful Use, HIPAA-HITECH, HIE, Patient Portals
This week’s posts on EHR at the Olympics, Stage 2 Meaningful Use, Patient Portals and more… CMS Schedules National Provider Call on EHR Incentives Upcoming…
Safeguarding Health Information in Mobile Devices
ONC and HHS Privacy and Security Mobile Device Project The current Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan outlines the nation’s strategy for the health IT…
Meaningful Use, HIPAA and Security Risk Analysis
Meaningful Use Core Measure for HIPAA Risk Analysis Pete Niner Director, Techumen A couple weeks back we asked Pete Niner of Techumen to join us on…
Meaningful Use and Security Risk Assessments
Meaningful Use Core Requirement for HIPAA Pete Niner Director, Techumen The very last component of achieving meaningful use of EHRs is to “Conduct or review a…