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Environmental Intelligence Releases June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Deciphering HIPAA Omnibus Rule Breach Notification

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Despite the new instructions on breach notification in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what constitutes a “compromise” of data that triggers notification, says privacy attorney Adam Greene. As a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP … Continue reading

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ECRI Offers Ten Ways To Cut Health IT Risks

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ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has released a new report, Risk Managers’ 10 Strategies for Health IT Success. Click here to view report. Based on ECRI’s research and interviews with … Continue reading

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Is The Direct Exchange Protocol Going Global?

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Secure messaging based on the Direct Protocol may eventually be applied globally because of international interest in health information exchange, some backers say. “Other countries are looking at Direct,” says Scott Rea, vice president and senior PKI architect at DigiCert, … Continue reading

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ONC Releases Direct Exchange Security Guidance

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New guidance from federal regulators is designed to ensure a more uniform approach to security and interoperability among organizations implementing the Direct secure messaging protocol for health information exchange. And that could help build trust among those sharing data. The … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases May 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its May 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: May 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Best Practices On Avoiding Large OCR HIPAA Fines

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What determines the size of a penalty for HIPAA violations? The key factors are the lack of a timely risk assessment and the failure to address ongoing security issues, says Leon Rodriguez, director of the Department of Health and Human … Continue reading

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ONC Releases Governance Framework For Electronic Health Information Exchange

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Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input on a potential regulatory approach that would have spelled out “conditions for trusted exchange” (safeguards, technical, and business practice) through rulemaking, and establish a voluntary accreditation and … Continue reading

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CMS Provides Details On Meaningful Use Audits

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this year implemented pre-payment audits on Medicare and dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs. The pre-payment audits complement post-payment audits that CMS has conducted since 2012. Both … Continue reading

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Four Key Steps When Evaluating Encryption For PHI Data Security

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Encryption is an important breach prevention tool. But to make the right decisions about how to apply encryption, healthcare organizations should take four key steps The first step is to precisely identify where all protected health information is stored. Today, … Continue reading

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