Category Archives: Healthcare I.T.

HIPAA Omnibus Rule

Posted on April 30, 2013 by dennis

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) very recently released final modifications/regulations to the HIPAA Security, Privacy, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules.  This new rule is called the Omnibus Rule. The final rules, which took … Continue reading →

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EHR Vendors Form Alliance on Data Sharing

Posted on March 6, 2013 by dennis

A group of health IT vendors representing a large chunk of the market for electronic health records have launched the CommonWell Health Alliance, designed to increase interoperability among their systems, it was announced Monday at the annual convention of the … Continue reading →

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Top Healthcare Breaches And The Rising Costs To Organizations

Posted on February 1, 2013 by dennis

The consequences of poor security controls and failing to protect patient healthcare data are costly data breaches, which have steadily increased since 2010, according to the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, issued recently by the … Continue reading →

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