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To help prepared HIPAA covered entities for the new omnibus rule coming into effect on Sept. 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has planned four free HIPAA omnibus webinars between June 14 more »
Throughout the week-long HIMSS13 conference that recently took place in New Orleans, there were new healthcare technologies from around the country being put on display and each vendor was attempted to better the one beside it. But one of the more »
HIMSS13 served as a platform for new initiatives and learning about different types of technology for some attendees, but for others the show was an opportunity to further research current projects. Ed Ricks, Vice President of Information Services and CIO more »
Creating interoperability standards is a common goal in healthcare IT, especially with health information exchange (HIE) gaining significance in the industry, but how does security fit into the picture? Eric Heflin, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Texas Health Services Authority more »
Fernando Martinez, the National Practice Director for Enterprise Information Assurance Services at Beacon Partners, spoke with HealthITSecurity.com during HIMSS13 last week about how healthcare providers can avoid data breaches. Martinez, a former healthcare CISO, had some additional security best practices more »
Two important health IT security trends at HIMSS13 were mobile security and cloud security because of new technology and government rules and regulations such as HIPAA. Both rank fairly high on healthcare organizations’ priority lists and HealthITSecurity.com had a chance more »
When looking at future Office for Civil Rights (OCR) privacy and security audits, it’s important to focus not on 2013, but 2014 after the HIPAA omnibus rule has gone into effect. The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a federally-recognized, more »
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided an update on enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules as well as the HITECH Breach Notification Rule at HIMSS13 in New Orleans last week and the audits tied to them that more »
NEW ORLEANS — The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) recently named Russell Branzel its new CEO and he’ll begin that role on April 5. Branzel has a wealth of experience in managing and securing patient data and was more »
NEW ORLEANS — Monitoring how healthcare data is moving and who’s accessing it is a crucial undertaking for Tony Hudock, Director of Development and Technical Operations at Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West) because of the sheer size of his more »
NEW ORLEANS — While identity federation may be on the back burner for some healthcare organizations, Jennifer Nowell, Director of Symantec’s Federal Healthcare and Government division, said at HIMSS13 that she believes it will play a large role in the more »
RecordVault: An answer to the question of secure mobile health data broached at HIMSS13: As Healthcare professionals from around the country gather to discuss how to leverage technology to improve health outcomes, one topic that surfaces time and again is more »
NEW ORLEANS — The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., announced today at HIMSS13 that the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) is planning to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and work toward secure data flow. more »
NEW ORLEANS — David Kennedy, CISSP and Founder, Principal Security Consultant at TrustedSec, LLC, opened some eyes at HIMSS13 about the role technical safeguards play currently and should in the future to prevent data breaches. Kennedy gave a keynote titled more »
NEW ORLEANS — Day one at HIMSS13 was certainly a busy one and HealthITSecurity.com met with a variety of attendees to lead about new security technologies and endeavors in 2013. TigerText opened the TigerText platform today to developers through TigerConnect, more »
Attachmate Luminet for Healthcare protects patient privacy: Today at the HIMSS13 Conference and Exhibition, Attachmate Corporation announced the availability of Attachmate Luminet for Healthcare, a solution built to help healthcare organizations protect patient privacy and assist with compliance efforts. For more »
NEW ORLEANS — It’s almost an understatement to say, given his experience, that Fernando Martinez has broad perspective in healthcare security. And while Martinez doesn’t claim to have all the answers, he does believe there are some simple things that more »
PointRF debuts NoWander Connect mobile solution at HIMSS13: PointRF Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of safety, security and business intelligence solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced it will debut at HiMSS13 this week in booth #8547 its NoWander Connect more »
HIMSS13 will provide a variety of opportunities for attendees. Networking (and perhaps commiserating) with fellow healthcare executives will be important. Checking out vendors’ latest and greatest products will be worthwhile. They may even have time to grab some fresh New more »
In the current age of electronic health records, health information exchange, and the digitization of patient data, health data privacy and security are part of any discussion about information management system or application in healthcare and health IT. HIMSS13, the more »
