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Environmental Intelligence Releases September 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
October 1, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 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 Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHHS Final Rule To Boost Standardization With Introduction of HPID
September 5, 2012HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday a final rule establishing a health plan identifier (HPID), that officials say will boost standardization within HIPAA transactions and increase the efficiency of health billing processes. The final rule, established by the Office of … Continue reading
Posted in HHS Final Rule | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HHS, HHS Final Rule, HHS Policy, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HPID | Leave a commentWorld Renowned Cancer Center Reports Third PHI Data Breach in 2012
August 20, 2012The MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas has sent letters to about 2,200 patients whose unencrypted medical records may have been compromised on a lost thumb drive. It’s the third possible data breach this year for the … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Wramps Up HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits
July 5, 2012Federal enforcers are preparing to audit healthcare organizations for how well they establish and follow privacy and security practices and data breach notification standards. The Office of Civil Rights published the procedures to be assessed when examiners conduct performance audits … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, medical practice best practices, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records
June 26, 2012The administration’s top enforcer of health information privacy and security has issued an official reminder that patients have a legal right to access their medical records, and they should use it. Patients can also print the single-page memo to take … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, OCR, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a comment-
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