For physician group practices, responding to requests from patients, lawyers, insurers and others for copies of patients' medical records is a time-consuming, labor-intensive headache. But one New York practice has found that secure e-mail is a cure for that pain, as well as a remedy for other communication maladies.
Completing security risk assessments for a long list of applications and providing information security training to its entire staff are two of the top priorities for 2010 at Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the nation's largest academic medical centers.
In an interview, Stephanie Reel, vice president for information...
To make sure their information technology strategies adequately address the needs of physicians, many hospitals have designated a doctor to serve as chief medical informatics officer. These physicians are working closely with CIOs, CSOs and others to help select and implement I.T., including technologies to keep...
Completing security risk assessments for a long list of applications and providing data security training to its entire staff are two of the top priorities for 2010 at Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the nation's largest academic medical centers.
In an interview, Stephanie Reel, vice president for information...
Interview with Myra Gray, Director, U.S. Army Biometrics Task Force
Though fingerprint and iris scans have advantages over passwords and magnetic identity cards as a means to grant access to IT systems, in many instances, the biometric technologies aren't ready to be employed alone, says Myra Gray, director of the...
Interview with Lisa SwanDeputy DirectorBiometrics Task Force, U.S. Army
American combat forces deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq employ biometrics to tell our friends from insurgents and terrorists. Back home, the Defense Department uses similar fingerprint, iris and facial recognition tools to manage access to...
Electronic communication is at the heart of every organization, but one compromised e-mail can damage your corporate brand, compromise intellectual property or put you in non-compliance with laws and industry regulations. Privacy concerns, regulatory compliance, and corporate guidelines all need to be factored into...
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