HIE privacy, security best practices: A review
Health information exchanges (HIEs) continue to play an important role in healthcare, allowing the quick, easy exchange of patient information between physicians, providers, hospitals, pharmacies,...
View ArticleDirectTrust, EHNAC accredit DataMotion for HIPAA compliance
DataMotion, a health information service provider (HISP) providing cloud-based data delivery and email encryption, has been fully accredited by the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP)...
View ArticleMedAllies receives accreditation from EHNAC, DirectTrust
MedAllies, a provider of Direct services, has received full accreditation from Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) for Certificate Authority (CA), Registration Authority (RA), and Health...
View ArticleMicky Tripathi discusses accounting of disclosures wrap-up
With long hours spent in 2013 wading through ideas and comments on accounting of disclosures in the distance, the Privacy and Security Tiger Team is ready to move onto new data exchange privacy topics...
View ArticleEHNAC Director details secure data exchange, protocol trends
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) has been in the news quite often in January. From announcing that MedAllies and DataMotion had both been fully accredited in the EHNAC...
View ArticlePrivacy and Security Tiger Team 2014 calendar: An inside look
Though there have been some structural changes to the Privacy and Security Tiger Team and it has moved on from its accounting of disclosures talks, the team hopes to touch upon a variety of topics in...
View ArticleHealtheway Director talks data exchange opt-in, opt-out policies
Managing opt-in and opt-out policies between different states can become problematic for healthcare organizations trying to exchange data as well as health information exchange (HIE) organization...
View ArticleHISP primer for data exchange: Security certificate standards
The term “Health Information Services Provider (HISP)” is thrown around fairly often when discussing health information exchange (HIE) and Direct transport. But the ins and outs of HISP communication,...
View ArticleDelaware HIN undergoes successful risk assessment
The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) has completed a risk assessment and analysis from Best Practice Partners (BPP). DHIN’s system includes all of the state’s acute care hospitals, federally...
View ArticleTiger Team finalizes V/D/T advice, begins DS4P discussion
The HIT Policy Committee Privacy & Security Tiger Team had a lot on its agenda during Monday’s meeting, as it had to finalize view/download/transmit (V/D/T) recommendations and begin discussion on...
View ArticleNHHIO leaders talk HIE, HISP privacy and security
Each state health information exchange (HIE) has its own unique set of challenges, whether they’re derived from funding, technology or policy. But, interestingly, because the New Hampshire Health...
View ArticleHow NHHIO keeps data secure while planning innovation
Among the more interesting aspects of building a health information exchange (HIE) is ensuring that the work done in the short-term doesn’t stifle future innovation. HeathITSecurity.com had previously...
View ArticleTHSA, EHNAC partner for TX-HIE accreditation program
Months after the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) publicized its use of the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF), THSA and the Electronic Healthcare Network...
View ArticleProviders cite state HIE privacy hurdles in GAO report
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been busy producing reports of late, as it recently published its review of the cybersecurity troubles within the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)....
View ArticleDirectTrust meets ONC HIE security accreditation goals
Just more than a year after Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded DirectTrust.org one of its Exemplar HIE Government Program Cooperative Agreements, the ONC...
View ArticleTiger Team recommends VDT access, privacy best practices
Following opening remarks from National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, the Privacy and Security Tiger Team virtually presented its family, friends and personal representative update to the HIT Policy...
View ArticleA look at NC HIE’s privacy and security framework
Electronic health record (EHR) privacy and security apprehension among healthcare providers is a common hurdle when trying to get these organizations to participate in a health information exchange...
View ArticleONC interoperability roadmap cites privacy, security needs
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently revealed some of its core plans for healthcare IT interoperability in a new report, “Connecting Health and Care...
View ArticleNYeC receives accreditation from DirectTrust.org, EHNAC
The New York e-Health Collaborative (NYeC) attained full accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network...
View ArticleMiHIN Director reviews HIE security protocols, agreements
Seeing as how Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) considers itself a network of networks and doesn’t really see itself a traditional health information exchange (HIE), it follows that it would...
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