Tag: Health IT
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Can Patients Be Trusted?
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” This was how Dr. CT Lin, CMIO at University of Colorado Hospital & Health Sciences Center, opened his talk at the Healthcare Forum. Dr. Lin’s premise was that we have kept healthcare information hidden from patients for far too long. Giving patients access to their medical…
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Effective Use Of PIN Codes For Mobile Security
With hospitals and health organizations implementing a myriad of new technology systems – mobile devices, medical carts, and telemedicine solutions – they must understand how to effectively integrate these into their workflow processes. Perhaps more importantly, they must also ensure the devices are secure and protected against unauthorized use or access. A PIN code security…
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Do HIPAA penalties apply to offshore business associates?
The recent breach at Cogent Healthcare, in which an India-based transcription service exposed data on 32,000 patients when its firewall was down, illustrates the problem of HIPAA compliance among business associates (BA) outside the United States. read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/do-hipaa-penalties-apply-non-us–offshore-business-associates/2013-08-14?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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At $1.2M, photocopy breach proves costly
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has settled with Affinity Health Plan, a New York-based managed care plan, for HIPAA violations to the tune of $1,215,780 after a photocopier containing patient information was compromised. read more Source: At $1.2M, photocopy breach proves costly
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Where Accreditation Is Due: Building Trust To Spur HIE Adoption
With Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU2) deadlines looming, many healthcare providers will be scrambling to meet its key requirement – exchanging patient data. Of course, the challenge is ensuring the security of this Protected Health Information (PHI) when it’s transferred over the Internet within and between new organizational models such as ACOs and via new…
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eggPlant for mobile healthcare application testing (non-rooted)
In this video we explain how eggPlant can be deployed to test healthcare applications in non-rooted Android devices.
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Show Physicians That Better Clinical Documentation Is In Their Best Interests
Healthcare is in the middle of a sea of change when it comes to the revenue cycle. As the industry moves from fee-for-service to population-based management and billing – as evidenced by the rise of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments – physicians are now under even more pressure. By Anthony F. Oliva, DO,…
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Webinar: Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Launch (November 15, 2012)
Learn about the Connecting Kids to Coverage National campaign and 2013 campaign strategies, including a discussion of the Wave Activities, materials that wil… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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State highlights: Texas waits for feds’ ok on higher Medicaid payments
California schools may give students insulin injections and other medications without having to call in licensed nurses, the state’s highest court ruled Monday. … The unanimous decision was a defeat for the powerful California Nurses Assn., which had argued that only licensed health care workers could administer medicine under a state law that bars the…
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Sebelius signals openness to state alternatives to Medicaid expansion
Speaking to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she is willing to work with states experimenting with new ways to insure poor Americans. Meanwhile, outlets in Virginia and Michigan report on the debate in those states about expanding the program. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130814/Sebelius-signals-openness-to-state-alternatives-to-Medicaid-expansion.aspx