Category: Security

The following is a guest post by Vishal Gandhi, CEO of ClinicSpectrum as part of the Cost Effective Healthcare Workflow Series of blog posts. Follow and engage with him on Twitter @ClinicSpectrum and @csvishal2222. One of the biggest misnomers about an EHR implementation is that it will replace many of the human elements of your…

As healthcare fraud of all types becomes, distressingly, more common every day, Mark Ford of Deloitte shares his perspectives on what healthcare leaders are doing right—and wrong—these days Healthcare fraud of all types is becoming more worrisome by the day. Experts say that both internal and external threats are growing exponentially. Internally, there are individuals…

RT @CMROpen: A funny for your Friday — #patientengagement memes FTW 🙂 (via @LHCQF1 @DavisJamie77) #HITsm #hcsm pic.twitter.com/A0TXUi98RK — RightPatient (@RightPatient) January 9, 2015 While I hear that diamonds aren’t required, I keep being told they make everything better. Happy Weekend! Related Posts Patient Engagement vs. Patient Education: What’s the Difference? CMS May Revisit Patient…

After my initial CES Observations post, I’ve spent most of the time on some over the counter drugs and trying to stay warm in bed. Luckily I think I’m on the way out of whatever cold/flu/misery I had upon me. However, it kind of ruined many of my CES plans. With that said, I did…

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) says it has added privacy controls to version seven of the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) being released later this month. The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) says it has added privacy controls to version seven of the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) being released later this month. This…

The following is a guest blog post by Wendy Coplan-Gould, Founder and President of HRS Coding. Physicians see ICD-10 as a mixed bag of distraction, expense and long-term advantages. They’ve heard grossly exaggerated messages about ICD-10’s complexity and cost. Confusion has led to complacency and obstinacy across physician practices and medical groups. Conversely, some physician…

Life as a CIO Blog by John D. Halamka MD As an eternal optimist, I always look forward to the year ahead and forget the bruises of the year that has passed. What innovations can we expect in 2015? In previous posts, I’ve discussed the emergence of FHIR to support standardized query/response APIs for EHRs.…

I recently had a doctors visit at a local quick care. When I go to these visits, it’s almost like work since I’m interested in what EHR they’re using and what they think of the EHR, meaningful use, government money, ICD-10, etc. In this case, the organization had an EHR for half of the work…

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has notified approximately 485,000 employees, former employees and retirees who filed for workers’ compensation that their health information may have been exposed by network intruders, according to a report from Nextgov. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has notified approximately 485,000 employees, former employees and retirees who filed for workers’ compensation…