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At this year's HIMSS conference, healthcare providers, IT experts and health officials discussed the use of information management systems in the sector. In today's healthcare system, the exchange of digital information is critical to efficient and comprehensive patient care. It also reduces costs f...
Tagged in: Compliance Data Encryption Data Security Electronic Health Record Healthcare HIMSS Secure Data Exchange
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a long-awaited addendum to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The four previous provisions combined to create the comprehensive new rule, which is intended to bolster patient privacy protections while simul...
Tagged in: Compliance Healthcare HIPAA Meaningful Use
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The healthcare industry has been an avid adopter of new technology such as the cloud and mobile devices. The proliferation of electronic health records has yielded significant advantages for doctors and other health professionals, but technology deployments may be accelerating faster than data secur...
Tagged in: Cloud Data Breach Data Security Healthcare Mobile Security
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Posted by on in Data Breach
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently released a report analyzing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data breach records. Noting that a large portion of these breaches involved lost or stolen laptops and mobile devices, the report concluded that data c...
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Despite stringent regulatory mandates, the healthcare industry has been an avid adopter of new technology. Mobility in particular has proven to be a boon for doctors and other hospital staff. For this reason, looking at IT implementations within healthcare organizations can serve as a good way to le...
Tagged in: Cyberattacks Data Breach Data Protection Healthcare HIPAA HITRUST
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