While the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continues work on mobile device security guidance for smaller healthcare organizations, a researcher offers insights on steps these providers can take now to improve security.
The final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH electronic health record incentive program contain multiple provisions regarding privacy and security. Find out what experts have to say about the merits of the new requirements.
Healthcare organizations need to rethink security best practices and tap new technologies as a result of the growth in health information exchange and the use of mobile devices, says researcher Carl Gunter.
The two final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program don't include firm data encryption mandates. But they come very close, indeed. And that's an important step forward.
The two final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act's electronic health record incentive program were unveiled Aug. 23. Find out what the rules have to say about encryption.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has reported its second data breach in recent weeks involving an unencrypted mobile device. Find out the details.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is studying use of mobile devices in small healthcare environments. The goal: new mobile security guidance that will be released in 2013.
A new House bill that would let VA doctors treat veterans across state lines via telemedicine opens up questions about how state privacy laws might apply to physicians in the event of a breach.
The United Kingdom and the United States are both cracking down on healthcare organizations that have experienced information breaches. But they're taking very different approaches. Which approach will prove most effective?
John Halamka, M.D., CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, describes an 18-month privacy and security compliance effort that includes a focus on mobile device security.
The Office of Management and Budget is now reviewing both rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program - the final step before publication.
Following the recent theft of a physician's unencrypted personal laptop, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is stepping up efforts to make sure that its encryption mandate is actually followed.
New federal guidance on how to exchange lab test results using the Direct Project protocol requires that senders must get notification that delivery succeeded or failed.
John Halamka, M.D., one of the nation's leading healthcare CIOs, says a top compliance project for this summer is improving mobile device security
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
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