Category: Security

I’ve heard a lot of people suggest that an organization needed to do end-to-end ICD-10 testing in order to prepare for the switchover to ICD-10 on October 1, 2015 (we think). I came across this video demonstration of Qualitest doing an end-to-end test of ICD-10: What do you think of the demo? Is this a…

Keep trying. pic.twitter.com/W94L6dz83f — Warren Whitlock (@WarrenWhitlock) May 10, 2015 Ok, to be honest, I don’t really want to fact check if Einstein really said this or not. You might know how quotes from famous people were often not said by said famous person. However, that doesn’t really matter to me since the above quote…

DataMotion today announced the company continues to experience rapid growth as a leading health information service provider (HISP) of Direct Secure Messaging for electronic health records (EHR) and HIPAA compliant email encryption. A growing number of EHR system vendors, health information exchanges (HIE) and healthcare providers are selecting both DataMotion Direct and DataMotion SecureMail for…

The following is some email comments from Richard D. Tomlinson, RN and Founder of Nuclei Health Consultancy, in reply to my post on ICD-10 Business Areas of Concern. They weren’t intended for posting, but I thought they were quite insightful and so Rick gave me permission to share them. Wonderful post (as always) relative to…

New research suggests the use of hookah steam stones – commonly considered a safer alternative to cigarette smoking – could be leaving users with a dangerous, false sense of security. The findings out of the University of Cincinnati/Agilent Technologies Metallomics Center of the Americas are published this month in the Microchemical Journal. …read more Source::…

HealthPort, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based data security vendor, has merged with IOD, a Green Bay, Wisc.-based health information management and coding company. HealthPort, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based data security vendor has merged with IOD, a Green Bay, Wisc.-based health information management and coding company. read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/0kQ_KFbw8oM/two-health-it-vendors-agree-merge       

Today I stumbled across an article which I thought readers of this blog would find noteworthy. In the article, Art Gross, president and CEO at HIPAA Secure Now!, made an important point about BYOD policies. He notes that while much of today’s corporate computing is done on mobile devices such as smartphones, laptops and tablets…

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that information security at HHS needs improvement because controls have not been fully implemented and monitored. A report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that information security…

Former hospital chief financial officer Joe White has been ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution after pleading guilty in November to making a false statement to the government about Meaningful Use attestation. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/former-hospital-cfo-repay-44m-over-ehr-fraud/2015-05-06?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss