HIPAA Breaches Continue to Mount
HHS Reports 21M Affected by Health Data Breaches Since 2009 Another week, another data breach reported. Beth Israel Deaconess, Hartford Hospital and Stanford Hospital have…
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Are HIE Business Models Sustainable
What Do HIEs and Cracked Windshields Have in Common? Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC, ID Experts If you are a patient, like most, you are probably assuming…
Rapid Adoption of EHRs Create Patient Privacy Issues
Top 3 Issues Facing Patient Privacy Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts You have greater privacy rights regarding the size of a shirt you…
Health IT News: This Week’s Posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling on ACA and more… SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act Back in March the Supreme Court heard…
Safeguarding PHI in the Age of Mobile Devices
The Lifecycle of PHI and Mobile Device Insecurity Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts Mobile devices have become notorious for unintended exposure of protected…
Healthcare Data Breaches on the Rise
String of Healthcare Data Breaches a Wake Up Call David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile Health Information Equals Hacker’s Gold Mine What makes…
ONC Requests Information on NwHIN
Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) Please Note: Public Comment Period Extended until Friday, June 29th The Public Health Service Act Section 3001(c)(8) requires the National…
Medical Records, Interoperability and API’s
Healthcare IT industry and API’s Don Rosenthal LinkedIn Profile My medical data should move with me as easily as my music or photo library…Part II…
Health IT Digest Featured Posts on Meaningful Use Comments and Attestation
This week’s posts on Meaningful Use, HIPAA Security and PHI, HIE and more… Top 3 buzz words in Health IT Includes HIE HIE “the verb”…