| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| Report: Electronic Medical Records Have Potential for Misuse |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| YONKERS, N.Y.,-- An investigation in the March 2006 issue of Consumer Reports magazine has found that a national system of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) being developed by the federal government, states, HMOs, and PPOs to link the medical records of every American has potential for abuse. The Consumer Reports article found that while such electronic medical records systems could save lives and billions of dollars in health-care spending, it may also jeopardize the security of personal health care information. |
| When covered entities may disclose protected health information without authorization |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| The HIPAA Privacy Rule recognizes the legitimate need for public health authorities and others responsible for ensuring public health and safety to have access to protected health information to carry out their public health mission. |
| Looking Beyond HIPAA & Sarbox |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| We’ve heard of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and our IT departments and data center managers are complying (we hope). But what should be made of the other regulations out there?
Your organization has a responsibility to its clientele as well as to its employees to remain abreast of all relevant laws and directives. Compliance with these lesser-known regulations is mandatory also.... |
| Patient Safety, Electronic Records Among Top List of Healthcare Priorities |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| SAN DIEGO -– The customer – make that the patient – is king, or should be, suggest results of an annual survey of healthcare information technology (IT) executives, who put patient satisfaction and safety at the top of the list of their business priorities. Patient satisfaction, they said, is the business issue that will have the most impact on healthcare in the next two years, followed by Medicare cutbacks and reducing medical errors, in the 17th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey sponsored by ACS Healthcare Solutions. |
| WEDI Audiocast: Electronic Claim Attachments – Where to Begin April 5 |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| WEDI is sponsoring an audio conference on "Electronic Claim Attachments – Where to Begin" April 5.
Among the topics scheduled to be covered during the 90-minute program are the current claims adjudication environment, ROI for electronic claim attachments, provisions of the Proposed Rule (including attachment types), and coding structures used to request and submit attachment information (LOINC.) |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Selects Product To Protect Its Internal Network |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| NEW YORK -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has selected the CounterStorm-1 product to protect the hospital's internal network. CounterStorm, is the maker of an internal network security solution that effectively stops zero-day and targeted attacks in seconds. |
| Is an individual’s authorization required to use or disclose PHI to an interpreter? |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| Must a covered health care provider obtain an individual’s authorization to use or disclose protected health information to an interpreter? |
| CMS Sets Plans For HIPAA Roundtable |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will host a National HIPAA National Provider Identifier (NPI) Roundtable conference call September 14, 2005.
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| New E-mail Security Mechanism for HIPAA and Business Compliance |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| TEMPE, Ariz., -- Attach Plus, a premier developer of secure document encryption tools for e-mail attachments, announced today the availability of Attach Plus 2.2.7 for major e-mail clients. Attach Plus brings the advanced features of PDF and ZIP encryption within reach of the average business desktop user and complies with the HIPAA requirement "Technical security mechanisms" 45 CFR Part 142, S 142.308 (d) for medical records sent via the Internet. |
| New HIPAA Regulations In Effect This Month |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| Sunrise, FL -- Final regulations on employee group plan coverage under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that were enacted last December were to go into effect July 1 for most employers using non-calendar-year health plans. |
| VeriSign Introduces the VeriSign(R) Security Certification Program to Help Enterprises Meet Strict Regulatory and Business Security Compliance Requirements |
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
| WASHINGTON -- VeriSign introduced the VeriSign(R) Security Certification Program. The program is designed to both assess an enterprise's information security program and certify it meets VeriSign's requirements, which are based on best practices drawn largely from a variety of international regulatory and industry compliance requirements. The certification can also be performed at a
business unit, infrastructure or application level. |
| Survey: Network Administrators are Comfortable With Security at Their Organizations; Concerned About Their Users |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| BINGHAM FARMS, Mich. --One year ago, in a VanDyke Software-commissioned survey of 335 network/systems administrators and networking managers that asked the survey takers what "keeps them up at night," respondents indicated a lack of insomnia and a hefty amount of complacency. This year, Amplitude Research again surveyed network professionals and their responses indicated a |
| HIPAA Solution: Wireless Computers on Wheels (COWs) |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| PHILADELPHIA -- InfoLogix, Inc., and HealthCast Inc., a provider of enterprise single sign-on and workflow solutions for hospitals, announced a new offering in which InfoLogix will provide HealthCast's eXactACCESS on their wireless mobile pc carts. eXactACCESS is a single sign-on (SSO) with multiple shared workstation solutions designed specifically to improve the speed to access patient information in hospitals. |
| SURVEY SHOWS HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS ACHIEVING GREATER HIPAA COMPLIANCE BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| The number of hospitals and health systems achieving full compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule has nearly doubled in the past year—rising from 23 percent to 40 percent—according to a survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). |
| New Xerox DocuShare Solutions Catalog Helps Businesses Match Their Document Problem to a Partner Who Can Solve It |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| The value of having a customized DocuShare Partner solution is apparent for customers like Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, where administrators use a DocuShare application to address critical Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for managing patient privacy acknowledgements. They use an automated process integrating Xerox hardware and software with a reseller solution available in the catalog. |
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