Taking charge of HIE and EHR security in legal agreements
What happens to the participating organizations if a healthcare provider in a health information exchange (HIE) suffers a health data breach? Much of the security language and how to deal with a breach...
View ArticleeHealth Initiative survey: HIE security questions linger
The annual eHealth Initiative survey that looks at the state and sustainability of health information exchanges (HIEs) found that of the 161 responding HIEs, many believe potential stakeholders still...
View ArticleUsing independent accreditation bodies for OCR security audits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be showing up at healthcare organizations’ doors to perform privacy and security audits in 2013, sometimes...
View ArticleWhat protections will secure exchanging of patient health data?
During second phase of the EHR Incentive Programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require eligible professionals and hospitals are expected to exchange protected health...
View ArticleHIE privacy and security: BIDMC CIO keynote
Privacy and security are critical considerations when building a health information exchange (HIE) architecture. Knowing the “how” of securing a successful HIE’s data is important because there may be...
View ArticleWhat health IT security must health information exchange support?
Health information exchange (HIE) raises the stakes for health IT professionals and providers as more and more patient data come into play. Although still early in its development, HIE is coming to...
View ArticleNIST eyes health data exchange security standards
Those organizations keeping an eye on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developments toward strong security platforms for healthcare organizations exchanging health data have...
View ArticlePrivacy & Security Tiger Team tackles HIE query response issues
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Privacy & Security Tiger Team had a few lingering health data exchange security recommendations and comments to...
View ArticleMicky Tripathi weighs in on HIE security standards
Those who have paid attention to the Health IT Policy and Privacy and Security Tiger Team meetings over the past few months know that the healthcare industry is still in the early stages of formulating...
View ArticlePrivacy & Security Tiger Team reviews HIE query scenarios
The Privacy & Security Tiger Team met yesterday to further discuss query and response scenarios for Health Information Exchange (HIE). The Tiger Team made it clear that it does not plan to alter...
View ArticleHIMSS13: Preview of health data privacy and security events
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...
View ArticleThe evolution of HIE security obligations: User authentication
With Health Information Exchange (HIE) expansion comes the prospect of creating security standards for the process of securing the patient data being transported from one organization to the next....
View ArticleEHR Association provides Stage 2 Meaningful Use security tips
The Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), recently released advice on EHR and data transmission security in its paper titled, Practical Guidance to Implement Meaningful Use Stage 2...
View ArticleHIMSS13 Preview: CIO, CISO security expectations
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...
View ArticleVA’s Roger Baker updates EHR security strategy
Outgoing Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CIO Roger W. Baker provided testimony last week on the VA and Department of Defense (DoD) joint...
View ArticleFarzad Mostashari at HIMSS13: HIE security is paramount
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...
View ArticleEHNAC looks to fill HIPAA, Meaningful Use compliance gaps
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...
View ArticleONC rural HIE toolkit includes privacy and security tenets
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a new rural health information exchange (HIE) toolkit last week and included within it were privacy and security...
View ArticlePrivacy and Security Tiger Team rounds up HIE query talks
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team met yesterday to finalize its next round of query and response discussions for Health Information Exchange (HIE) and came away closer to having recommendations...
View ArticleHealtheway, NYeC HIE security infrastructure and strategies
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...
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