Employment Screen Resources' Lester Rosen says there's no hotter trend in background screening than social media. But just as social networks can be used to screen applicants, they also can be abused.
A universal exchange language, as proposed by a presidential council, is far from a panacea for ensuring electronic health records interoperability and easing the secure exchange of data, a diverse coalition says.
"Okay, we have bad guys that might be in the system, but at least we're watching them every minute and hopefully detecting them before they do anything too bad," RSA Chief Technology Officer Bret Hartman says.
Those using the federal list of major health information breaches to keep score of how many individuals have been affected must keep in mind that the list is revised as investigations continue.
Implementing electronic health records software that includes security components is just the first of many steps involved in ensuring security, says Bonnie Cassidy, president of the American Health Information Management Association.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a two-year contract to Accenture to help identify standards and specifications for facilitating secure health information exchange.
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