Information Security Media Group (ISMG) announces the launch of HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, a multimedia site providing news, insights and education on information security, risk management and privacy in the healthcare industry.
The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute for Standards and Technology is seeking bids due February 5 for a company to help it develop a method to measure the usability of health information technology, including electronic health records.
"The framework includes development, refinement and harmonization of...
Career Insights from Srinvivas Mukkamala of New Mexico Tech.
Education, skills, experience - what exactly does it take to make it in an information security career today?
Srinivas Mukkamala, an educator and practitioner, offers unique insight on:
The necessary mindset for an information security professional;...
Welcome to HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, a media site with news, insights and education on healthcare privacy, risk management and information security.
Information Security Media Group, which offers similar information security/risk management sites for banking, credit unions and government, brought me on board to...
Patients have a right to know when their information was disclosed or breached. And so does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and in some extreme cases, your local news media - largely because of the HITECH Act.
Hospitals and physician group practices that want to get incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid for using electronic health records must use software that meets new federal "certification" standards. And those pending standards require the software to offer encryption and an access control mechanism.
Tucked away in last year's federal economic stimulus package were billions of dollars in funding to help offset part of the cost for hospitals and physicians to adopt comprehensive electronic health records.
As the year drew to a close, federal regulators issued a proposed rule to define how hospitals and...
Some healthcare organizations saw a doubling in hacker attacks in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a small study of customers of SecureWorks Inc., an Atlanta-based information security services company.
The CIO for the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the leader of the federal incentive program for electronic health records are among many speakers who will address data security at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference.
A new report outlining a four-year national strategy for dealing with pandemics and other disasters singles out the important role information technology, especially electronic health records, can play.
The report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "National Health Security Strategy of the...
A new 60-page white paper offers insights on how to ensure the integrity of patient identifiers used in electronic health records despite the lack of a national standard for such identifiers.
HealthcareInfoSecurity.com announces the formation of a board of advisers to help guide its coverage of healthcare privacy, security and risk management issues.
These experts will provide frequent input on emerging issues and contribute interviews and blogs. They'll offer advice on compliance with the latest...
I'm sorry, but weren't we just celebrating the holidays?
Unbelievable how fast the New Year has flown by already. It seems like we're all trying to get 12 months worth of work done in one.
Johns Hopkins University's-Whiting School of Engineering is now offering a new part-time graduate program in information security.
This MS degree program is an effort toward filling the surging demand for cyber engineers and scientists with technical expertise in information assurance (IA) within government and...
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