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Device encryption may seem like a fairly straightforward undertaking, but it's proven to be one HIPAA-covered entities and business associates frequently forgo -- much to their chagrin down the road, when they're notifying individuals of a privacy breach involving unencrypted personal data.
The Cleveland Clinic's annual Medical Innovation Summit got under way at the new Global Center for Health Innovation on Oct. 15. Cleveland Clinic CIO C. Martin Harris spoke about how the health system stays nimble on the innovation front.
The patient identification issue refuses to go away, mainly because nobody has quite figured out how to assure proper patient identity in health information exchange. At the CHIME Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix, some leading hospital CIOs emphasized the importance of accurate patient matching.
It's a simple enough question. The answer, however, might be difficult for many in the health IT realm to accept.
A forthcoming bill will aim to ramp up the FDA's ability to oversee mobile health apps.
The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to be one of the biggest offenders of HIPAA privacy and security rules and has reported egregious breaches in recent years, affecting millions of veterans and active service members.
Before you know it, the ICD-10 go-live date of October 2014 will be here, and for those 55 percent of physicians who have yet to begin implementation, it's looking like a rocky road ahead.
It's been almost two weeks since Obamacare's federal insurance exchange website went live, was inundated with traffic, went weird, was taken down for maintenance, then came back online still filled with glitches. Why did such a crucial site fail at such a critical moment? And what are the lessons that can be learned?
Though he no longer has authority over meaningful use regulations, former ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, said that due to the nature of the federal regulatory process, it would be difficult to introduce more flexibility for complying with the Stage 2 rules.
UNC Health Care is using IBM big data analytics to help hospital workers reduce costly and preventable readmissions, decrease mortality rates and improve patient care.