The Department of Veterans Affairs soon will enable clinicians to use more mobile devices to view patient information, taking several steps to help ensure security.
The controversial Accounting of Disclosures Rule is the subject of intense debate. Don't miss your opportunity to make your opinions known to federal authorities.
If you take a close look at the healthcare information breach "wall of shame," you'll notice that maybe, just maybe, we're making some progress this year.
Farzad Mostashari, who heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has described why electronic health records play an important role in disaster preparedness.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a key provision of a tough state medical privacy law is not preempted by federal regulations. The evolving case, which eventually could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court or grow into a class action case at the state level, is worth watching.
If you need one more reason to take additional steps to prevent health information breaches, here's something to consider. An attorney argues that if breaches, and their high costs, are not brought under control, "I think where we are headed is to an insurance crisis."
The fate of pending regulations, an upcoming HIPAA Security Rule compliance toolkit and a crackdown on records snoops were among the most popular news items on HealthcareInfoSecurity in May.
Best practices for protecting medical devices are sorely lacking. That's why it's excellent news that a new consortium is attempting to devise some best practices for keeping medical devices secure.
Personalized medicine research, which relies on genetic information paired with electronic health records, could pave the way for many treatment breakthroughs. But because of the sensitive nature of the information involved, pioneers in this field must take extra privacy and security precautions.
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