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April 12, 2013The top federal healthcare privacy and security regulator wants to know what officials from more than 100 organizations that have undergone privacy and security audits thought of the process and what can be done to improve it. The office will … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentHIPAA Omnibus Rule Will Bring More Enforcement
April 9, 2013The HIPAA Privacy and Security final rule — also known as the HIPAA Omnibus Rule — became effective March 26. We predict enforcers will have a heyday with expanded ability to crack down on providers and their business associates. The … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentOrganizations Develop Health IT Privacy Framework
April 4, 2013A consortium of privacy supporting organizations and individuals, the Texas-based Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed what they’re calling a “trust framework” for health information technology systems.The 13-page framework consists of about 75 criteria based … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIT, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases March 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
April 1, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its March 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: March 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 Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience | Leave a commentNew HIPAA Privacy And Security Rules Goes Into Effect Today
March 26, 2013While Tuesday marks the effective date of a host of new federal privacy and security rules, including extending legal liability to business associates of healthcare providers and restoring a measure of patient control over disclosure of their records, compliance won’t … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHIMSS13 Update – OCR Director Discusses HIPAA/HITECH Compliance
March 8, 2013It’s about the patients, it’s about safeguarding privacy, and it’s about trying to avoid making the same mistakes twice, said Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez to hundreds of HIMSS13 attendees Monday morning at “A Dialogue On HIPAA/HITECH Compliance: … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentCHIME Urges ONC To Focus More On Patient Safety
March 4, 2013The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging the federal government to ensure that patients are matched correctly to their health information. CHIME said it agreed with ONC that, “the accurate and efficient matching of patients to their … 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, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHIMSS13 Headline – Healthcare Is The Most Widely Breached Industry In the US
March 4, 2013Attendees at HIMSS13 — in one way or another entrusted with the protection of their patients’ personal health information — may not be pleased to learn that they work in the most widely breached industry in the United States. “The … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIT, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentCIO’s Say Security Personnel Shortage Is Increasing Threat of PHI Data Breaches
February 25, 2013The sixth Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by (ISC)² shows that a shortage of information security professionals is having an adverse impact on healthcare and other industries, even as vulnerabilities such as mobile devices and social media are on … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentThe ONC Releases National Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan
February 13, 2013Acknowledging that new health information technologies can create patient-safety risks, HHS’ health IT office invited healthcare providers, vendors and the public to comment on its recently issued national Health Information Technology Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan.“Just as health IT … Continue reading
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