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September 10, 2013Healthcare institutions should emulate best-of-breed privacy polices developed by financial services firms rather than other hospitals, recommends William Tanenbaum, partner at New York-based technology law firm Kaye Scholer LLP. When it comes to privacy and data security, healthcare institutions face tremendous … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, Healthcare, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentNo Encryption Results In Largest Reported PHI Data Breach
September 3, 2013One warm night in mid-July, more than 4 million patient records breezed out the door of the Advocate Medical Group administrative office in Park Ridge, Ill., in the arms of an unidentified thief who stole four computers from the largest … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Encryption Solutions, Encryption Technology, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentNo Encyption Leads To Second Largest Healthcare Data Breach
August 27, 2013The recent theft of four unencrypted desktop computers from a Chicago area physician group practice may result in the second biggest healthcare breach ever reported to federal regulators. But the bigger issue is: Why do breaches involving unencrypted computer devices … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentPerspectives On Cloud Computing And HIPAA Compliance In Healthcare
August 22, 2013There is a fair amount of uncertainty about adopting cloud services in healthcare, especially around sensitive health data. While the federal government’s rules are complicated, we know for a fact there’s nothing inherently dangerous about the technology. The term “cloud … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud hosting, cloud services, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentBest Practices For Healthcare Organizations To Be HIPAA Audit Ready
August 21, 2013Keeping risk assessment documentation and other compliance evidence in a centralized repository is a good way to prepare for any HIPAA audit or investigation, says Mark Dill, Cleveland Clinic’s security leader. While the Cleveland Clinic was not one of the … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Business Associate, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentONC Releases 2014 Health IT Privacy & Security Priorities
July 24, 2013Want to know what the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s privacy and security priorities are for the coming year? Then take a look at the ONC’s new report to Congress. Click here to view the ONC report. … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentDeciphering HIPAA Omnibus Rule Breach Notification
June 26, 2013Despite 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
Posted in HIPAA Omnibus Rule | Tagged Breach Notification, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Releases Direct Exchange Security Guidance
June 10, 2013New 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
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged Direct Exchange, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases May 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
June 3, 2013Environmental 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
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Study, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentBest Practices On Avoiding Large OCR HIPAA Fines
May 24, 2013What 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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