Category: Security

I recently had a friend send over a Give Forward campaign for the Faul Family Recovery Fund. I don’t know the family, but they have three autistic children and one fo the daughters has a severe congenital heart defect. To top if off, the Father is autistic and suffers from depression and lost his job…

In response to my post on Meaningful Use Audits and the Inconsistent Appeals Process, Todd Searls. Executive Director at Wide River LLC, offered this interesting meaningful use audit advice on LinkedIn: We’ve assisted numerous clinics and hospitals through their audits, and you’re absolutely correct John. Those clinics that have the people and processes already in…

I think that most of us in the industry figured this was just a matter of time, but it’s nice that we were right and CMS is working to modify the requirements and reporting periods for meaningful use. I imagine they heard all the many voices that were calling for a change to meaningful use…

In part one of a two-part interview series, Deven McGraw, a Washington D.C.-based partner in the healthcare practice of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, gives her predictions for Stage 3 of meaningful use. She explains why “interoperability only” is an unrealistic proposal. Deven McGraw is a name that should be familiar to most health IT policy…

Value based payments.  Value based care.  Meaningful  use.  Is there a place for an independent doctor in a suburban location?  This article says that these and all the technology to go with them along with physician acceptance is “Inevitable”. I have four physicians.  I don’t see a place for them long term.  My first is my…

Today we held the first ever #HITMC (Healthcare IT Marketing and PR Community) Twitter chat. The turnout for the chat was amazing and it was so active I don’t think anyone could keep up. That’s pretty amazing for a first time chat. In case you missed it and are interested in health IT marketing and…

Stephen Claypool, M.D., is Vice President of Clinical Development & Informatics, Clinical Solutions, with Wolters Kluwer Health and Medical Director of its Innovation Lab. He can be reached at steve.claypool@wolterskluwer.com. Three-week-old Jose Carlos Romero-Herrera was rushed to the ER, lethargic and unresponsive with a fever of 102.3. His mother watched helplessly as doctors, nurses, respiratory…

During his State of the Union address, President Obama called on lawmakers to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation that would focus on: increased information sharing, modernization of law enforcement agencies, and national data breach reporting. The administration is looking to incentivize participation in information sharing networks through targeted liability protection. Top News President’s Cybersecurity Proposals to…

Today I had the amazing opportunity to volunteer at my kids school. They make it a big deal for dad’s to volunteer at the school and my kids absolutely adore having their dad at school with them. We have a tradition that I go and spend the day at school with my kids on their…

I’ve been involved in building many life-critical and mission-critical products over the last 25 years and have found that, finally, cybersecurity is getting the kind of attention it deserves. We’re slowly and steadily moving from “HIPAA Compliance” silliness into a more mature and disciplined professional focus on risk management, continuous risk monitoring, and actual security…