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Healthcare providers should encrypt patient information when they share it with another provider, even in a case of the direct exchange of personal health information or data that is not facilitated by a health information exchange or other third-party organization.
Privacy workgroup says strong security policies remove the need for new consent rules for direct health info exchange.
Today GE released the inaugural annual report for Healthymagination, the company's global business strategy for achieving sustainable health. It details significant progress since the program's launch last May.
Roger Baker, CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs, believes he has the technical solution that will turn around many of the information security problems that have plagued VA for years and will help ensure the department does a better job of protecting its network and sensitive data.
The Veterans Affairs Department's fiscal year 2011 budget request represents a cornucopia of potential business for IT and health IT firms.
No issue is more important to healthcare providers than data management, according to a new global survey of healthcare executives, conducted by BridgeHead Software, which develops and markets healthcare storage virtualization solutions.
The American Medical Association and others filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, just 10 days before the June 1 deadline to comply with the Red Flags Rule.
Electronic visibility into all systems and devices on VA's network should improve longstanding information security vulnerabilities, VA CIO says.
Insurance shopping platform part of request for proposals to enhance state's eligibility determination systems.
The use of at-home blood pressure monitors and Web-based reporting tools that connect patients and clinicians appears to significantly improve patients' ability to manage their hypertension down to healthy levels, according to new research.