An advisory panel is outlining how to address privacy and security issues involved in the exchange of patient information among healthcare providers using the query and response method. How will the recommendations be put to use?
CIOs need to go beyond a short-term focus on securing individual systems and take a broader, long-term view on privacy and security issues, says Harry Greenspun, M.D., of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
As a result of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, which broadens the number of organizations that must meet privacy and security requirements, demand for infosec pros in healthcare is higher than ever. Where is the greatest need?
Between 2009 and early 2012, more than 18 million patients' Protected Health Information (PHI) was compromised. Over the past year alone, healthcare breaches in the U.S. are up 32 percent. As these numbers demonstrate, securing PHI is one of the most pressing issues facing hospitals and other healthcare organizations....
Mobile device usage in healthcare facilities has increased significantly in recent years, with more than 2 out of 5 physicians already using a smartphone or tablet during patient consultations. The potential benefits to adoption of these devices are compelling, including facilitation of patient involvement in the care...
Organizations are at a crossroads when deciding on the proper course of action to take in becoming compliant with regulations applicable to the healthcare industry. This decision can shape the foundation of an organization's security culture and prepare the company to meet a vast array of regulatory requirements. What...
Healthcare organizations, faced with limited budgets for improving their security posture, can look to risk assessments as a means of guiding allocation of resources to reduce business risk.
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Healthcare data is generated by numerous systems and in a wide variety of formats. Add to this an ever changing IT vendor technology landscape and it's no surprise that most healthcare applications do not conform to a single data format. With so many unique formats to contend with, managing this data and deriving...
For Healthcare providers, archiving electronic content is a critical best practice that every organization should follow. It not only assures that you meet your legal obligations to retain patient and client information, it is necessary to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations. Surprisingly, some organizations...
Celebrity snooping at healthcare facilities highlights an alarming - and often unchecked - trend: PHI privacy violations committed by current or former employees, contractors, and other insiders. Protecting patient privacy comes down to more than policies and regulations. What's needed is a way to enforce PHI...
The increase in the availability and quality of medical images is enabling healthcare providers to successfully diagnose and resolve more patient problems than ever before. The downside is the demand placed on IT organizations to retain numerous medical images with huge file sizes in a reliable, secure, scalable, and...
Health information exchange (HIE) - the electronic movement of health-related information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards - has the potential to transform nearly every aspect of healthcare delivery in this country. Recent policies have helped fund major growth in the world of...
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