Tag: security
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The Toad and the Snake
Over the weekend while working in the orchard, I found a small garter snake trying to eat an enormous toad, pictured above. Did the toad not realize that by wriggling its feet, it could easily escape? Was the toad unaware of the impending threat? Might the toad have given up and thought that the end…
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Hope Hospice Notifies More Than 800 Patients of Data Breach
Officials at the New Braunfels, Tx.-based Hope Hospice have notified 818 patients that through a routine internal compliance audit on February 25, 2013, it discovered a potential security breach after finding an employee had e-mailed a report of recent referral and admission activity to themselves via an unsecured channel on December 27, 2012 and February…
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HIPAA: Healthcare Transformation To Electronic Communications
This white paper provides a brief overview of HIPAA regulations and how healthcare organizations are using technology to assist with compliance. It discusses network faxing, explores some of the advantages of implementing a network fax solutions to support HIPAA compliance initiatives, and introduces Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition as a flexible tool for improving…
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Risk Taking in Healthcare and the Foolish
“You have to take what people think is wrong or even foolish and make the breakthroughs of tomorrow.” – John Kheir, MD I’m still in awe of the ideas that John Kheir, MD presented at TEDMED around injectable oxygen-filled microbubbles. The concept is fascinating and while I know nothing about the science or medical requirements…
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Audits find organizations unaware of new data, privacy rules
Simply knowing all the rules could prevent many of the problems plaguing data security and privacy among healthcare providers and insurers.
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Reflections on the Tragedy in Boston
Now that schedules are returning to normal, it’s appropriate to review the events of last week and reflect on the lessons learned with the benefit of hindsight. 1.
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HIStalk Interviews Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the US Department of Health and Human Services. Do you think the free market works when it comes to EHR functionality, vendor development priorities, and vendor transparency
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HITRUST helps set cybersecurity priorities
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has issued guidance to help healthcare organizations set priorities for cybersecurity preparedness. The guidance points to a subset of controls within the HITRUST Common Security Framework to help organizations assess their cyber capabilities and readiness. read more
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White House mental health fix for security clearance process draws critics’ questions
The Obama Administration is trying to revamp how the government approaches mental health issues in the security clearance process -; but security and mental health experts say the proposed fix may open the door to new problems.
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HITRUST outlines priorities in fight against cyber threats
Healthcare organizations’ highest priorities for cybersecurity should include use of cryptography, isolation of highly sensitive information and creation of a reporting system for breach events to meet what is being described as a rising threat by…