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.
The new chief privacy officer for the federal government's health information technology initiatives is ramping up efforts to set consistent policies for privacy and security.
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.
Whitehouse Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt used wit to share his wisdom about healthcare information security in a rambling, folksy keynote address this week. He stressed that healthcare organizations of all sizes need to take security more seriously.
Fifteen communities will receive a total of $220 million in federal grants to support projects that involve the secure sharing of healthcare information among organizations.
When will federal regulators draft long-awaited privacy and security rules for personal health records? So far, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services are being tight-lipped on the subject. Asked about the status of the rules, which, under the HITECH Act, were due in February, an HHS spokesman would...
A four-year, $15 million federally funded research project will yield strategies that hospitals, physicians and others can use to keep electronic health records private and secure, says Carl Gunter, the project's leader says.
Some folks find Health Information Exchanges scary. They raise the notion that as electronic health records are exchanged among clinics, hospitals and others at the local, regional, state and national level, the opportunities for the information winding up in the wrong hands increase. And they have a point. Clearly,...
A four-year, $15 million federally funded research project will yield practical, updated strategies that hospitals, physician group practices and others can use to keep electronic health records private and secure, the project's leader says.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $60 million in economic stimulus funds under the HITECH Act to four universities for healthcare IT research projects, three of which will address privacy and security issues.
The firm that has won a $26 million public relations contract from the Department of Health and Human Services for a campaign on healthcare information technology, and related privacy and security issues, stirred up controversy with some of its previous government PR efforts.
The massive healthcare reform bill that President Obama signed into law March 23 contains hundreds of references to fraud prevention and tougher penalties for those convicted of fraud.
A new report outlines the options for obtaining patient consent for transmitting records via Health Information Exchanges, but it stops short of endorsing an approach.
A federal agency will survey U.S. consumers on their attitudes toward electronic health information exchange and related privacy and security issues.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Department of Health and Human Services announced in the Federal Register March 19...
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