Tag: security
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SecureCare Announces Updates to Sfax – a HIPAA Compliant Cloud Faxing ProductProduct
SecureCare has announced the release of an updated version of Sfax – its secure, HIPAA compliant, cloud-based faxing product. Sfax v3 maintains the essential benefits that keep faxing relevant but removes the pain associated with manual faxing by bringing it to the cloud. Healthcare organizations rely on fax for business-critical documents – Sfax v3, now…
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PCI Compliance In The Healthcare Industry
Health care providers are acutely aware of the requirements set forth by the complex network of state and federal data privacy protection laws (e.g., HIPAA) to maintain protected health information (PHI). Yet, it’s been widely identified that the healthcare industry as a whole is sorely lagging in compliance with PCI DSS, a set of Data…
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Oracle Brings Health Data Analytics To The Cloud
For years now, healthcare providers have been inching toward cloud use, with CIOs still divided as to whether cloud applications are secure enough to meet their standards.
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Privacy and Security’s Role in the eHealth Transformation
By Maribel Franey Improving the delivery of health care is the focus of the eHealth initiative. But eHealth also involves promoting standards and processes that will enable patient information to be shared in a more efficient and timely manner, while ensuring the data is kept private and secure. This brings me to the topic of…
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The Security Risks of Medical Devices
Beth Israel Deaconess has been outspoken about the risks of malware on FDA 510k approved medical devices such as radiology workstations, echocardiogram machines, and patient monitors. Although these devices appear to be “appliances” that you simply plug into the network and use for patient care, they are actually sophisticated computers, often running outdated…
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It’s Time for a National Patient Identifier
Here’s a guest post from Meg Aranow, Principal at Aranow Consulting LLC. Some of us remember that the early HIPAA discussions included the concept of a national patient identifier. As legislators and administrators attempted to find the right balance between the risks and rewards of automation, ultimately the patient identifier was thought to pose…
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Are You Really Protected From Payment Card Fraud?
For years, card networks, processors, issuers, merchants, legislators and law enforcement have been working hard to meet consumer demands for easier access to their funds and an almost unquenchable need and interest for more sophisticated electronic purchase and payment tools, while insisting on reliability, safety and security to ensure their identity and accounts are protected.
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Payment-Processing Security in 2012: Fears, Trends, And Solutions
Recently, Vantiv commissioned a study of consumer attitudes toward payment-processing issues—including security. The numbers reveal a clear path forward for financial institutions and merchants of all sizes.
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The February HIT Standards Committee Meeting
The February HIT Standards Committee focused on the Committee workplan for 2013.
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Office Home Care Workers’ Occupational Health: Associations with Workplace Flexibility and Worker Insecurity
Office home care workers provide support to visiting staff, although their work tends to be invisible in many respects. This paper focuses on managers, supervisors, coordinators, case managers and office administrative staff in home care. We examine the effects of workplace flexibility and worker insecurity on office home care workers’ occupational health, particularly their self-reported…