Category: Security
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Initial CES 2015 Observations
Yesterday was the start of the International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2015 conference in Las Vegas. My friend Dr. Nick from Nuance posted these stats for the CES conference: For those interested CES attracts 150,000 visitors (they are all flying on the same planes and looking for the same cabs as me it would appear),…
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Happy New Year! 2014 EMR and HIPAA Stats Report
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that everyone has had a safe and wonderful holiday season. Today I saw a tweet of my 2012 EMR and HIPAA Stats Report and I decided it would be fun to do the same report again for 2014. In fact, I should probably do this on all of…
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Happy New Year!
Thanks to everyone for reading! Happy New Year! I hope each one of you has a prosperous and happy 2015. I’m planning to spend some time today thinking about 2015 and what I want to accomplish. So many opportunities and so little time. Time to make sure I’m heading in the right direction. Thanks for…
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A Look Back at 2014
2014 was quite a year. Thinking back to December 2013, I cannot believe that so much has happened. Let’s take a look at the major HIT events that shaped 2014 and what they portend for 2015 Affordable Care Act – despite challenges with healthcare.gov and state health insurance exchanges, the notion of moving forward with…
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Podcast: 2014 in Data Security, Predictions for 2015
Mac McMillan joined the Healthcare Informatics podcast to talk the year in data security, while dishing out some predictions for 2015. To McMillan, who is co-founder and CEO of consulting firm, CynergisTek, Inc. and current chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, 2014 was the year of the incident. Mac McMillan joined…
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“Blended” Super User Team
I like the description of a “blended super user team” (clinical, technical, front desk, etc) for an EHR implementation. #EMANation14 — EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 8, 2014 At a conference I attended this Fall, I heard one person describe the “blended” super user team that they used during their EHR implementation. This is…
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Morning Headlines 12/31/14
CSC pays $190M to settle accounting fraud case with SEC CSC will pay $190 million to settle fraud charges brought by the SEC. The State HIE Program Four Years Later ONC publishes a report on the state-level rollout of health information exchanges, the strategies and solutions they’re offering, and the problems they’re working through. It’s…
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Wearables And Mobile Apps Pose New Data Security Risks
In the early days of mobile health apps and wearable medical devices, providers weren’t sure they could cope with yet another data stream. But as the uptake of these apps and devices has grown over the last two years, at a rate surpassing virtually everyone’s expectations, providers and payers both have had to plan for a day when…
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News 12/31/14
Top News CSC will pay $190 million and will restate previous years’ financial statements to settle a variety of SEC fraud charges that includes its participation in the UK’s NPfIT program. That’s a minor amount compared to the $2.75 billion the company already wrote off for its work on the failed NPfIT project. CSC will…
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Top 10 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2015
The people at Coalfire have put out this infographic which identifies their Top 10 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2015. I’m not sure how much 2015 matters, but I do think that this list is worthy of your consideration. Are you ready for these threats and changes? What are you doing to get ready? I believe increased…