Physician group practices should complete a thorough risk assessment before they begin shopping for an electronic health records system, says security expert Susan Miller.
The nation's healthcare information exchanges must focus on privacy and security as they develop new functions and features, says Irene Koch, executive director of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange.
The Federal Aviation Administration is inadequately securing medical and personal information on the more than 3 million airmen who it certifies as being fit to operate an aircraft, according to a new report.
A data loss prevention system can help focus efforts to encrypt sensitive patient information, says Steve Scott, IT security manager St. Charles Health System in Oregon.
The rapid growth of telemedicine, especially the use of cell phones for healthcare applications, is raising new security issues, says Jon Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association.
A federal advisory group is fine-tuning a number of recommendations for improving the security of health information exchanges, including mandating encryption in certain cases.
In the wake of an information breach affecting nearly 1 million people, executives at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have many lessons to share and plenty of advice to offer.
Don't wait until your organization experiences an information breach to figure out a detailed game plan for how to react to an incident. That's the urgent message from three security experts.
The best way to persuade physicians to take information security seriously is to explain the business risks involved, says Robert Tennant, senior policy analyst with the Medical Group Management Association, the trade group for physician group practice administrators.
Healthcare organizations must revamp their business associate contracts to help ensure compliance with the HITECH Act's breach notification rule, says security expert Tom Walsh.
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