Category: Security
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Are Client Server EHR Holding Back Healthcare?
The number one topic of debate on this blog has definitely been Client Server EHR versus SaaS EHR. There are staunch parties on both sides of this aisle. No doubt both sides have a case to make and we’ll see both in healthcare for a long time to come. Although, I think that long term…
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Social Media Platforms and Techniques for Medical Practices
The following is a guest post by Barry Haitoff, CEO of Medical Management Corporation of America. In my previous post I talked about the benefits of using social media in a medical practice and I said that the next post in the series would take a look at the tools, techniques, and social media platforms…
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The Argonaut Project Charter
Yesterday, a group of private sector stakeholders including athenahealth, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cerner, Epic, Intermountain Health, Mayo Clinic, McKesson, MEDITECH, Partners Healthcare System, SMART at Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, and The Advisory Board Company met with HL7 and FHIR leadership to accelerate query/response interoperability under the auspices of ANSI-certified HL7 standards development…
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Top 10 Google Searches in 2014 – What Would Be Healthcare IT’s Top Searches?
Each year Google releases it’s top trending searches in the US and the world. This list isn’t the most frequently searched terms (according to Google the most popular searches don’t change) but is a year versus year comparison of what terms were trending in 2014. US Trending Searches: Robin Williams World Cup Ebola Malaysia Airlines…
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Healthcare to be 'plagued' by data breaches in 2015
The risk of experiencing a data breach “is higher than ever,” according to Experian’s second annual industry forecast, which shows how the “consistently high value of healthcare data on the black market” means there will be little respite from risk-fraught landscape. [See also: Cybersecurity cold war is on] read more …read more
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HHS slaps provider with $150K bill for HIPAA breach
A five-facility mental health organization in Alaska has agreed to pay up and shape up its HIPAA compliance program after a Department of Health and Human Services investigation found the group failed to appropriately safeguard patient data. read more …read more
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Employee sacked after snooping patient EMR records
Your organization can have the most well-crafted privacy and security policies in the world. read more …read more
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Breach Report: Lost Flash Drive at Kaiser Permanente Affects 49,000 Patients
A flash drive went missing at Kaiser Permanente’s Anaheim Medical Center in Orange County, Calif., prompting the Oakland-based healthcare giant to notify 49,000 patients whose data was stored on the device. Meanwhile, a stolen laptop at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s (BCBSNJ) headquarters may have affected 839,711 members. A flash drive went…
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Security risks on the rise for 2014
Whether it’s guarding against “malicious insiders” or ensuring C-suite execs are scared straight about the risks and regs they face, the coming year poses big challenges to healthcare according to Kroll’s annual Cyber Security Forecast. The newest report takes a look at a shifting social and legal environment and spotlights seven trends all industries should…
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OIG: Limit EHR copy-paste to reduce fraud risk
Hospitals are employing safeguards to prevent electronic health record fraud and abuse to varying degrees, but must do more, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General. read more …read more