Clinics applying for HITECH Act electronic health records incentive payments are getting a reminder about the importance of information security, says Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association
A long-overdue proposed rule setting requirements for how healthcare organizations must account for disclosures of information in electronic health records is one step closer to publication.
Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have released five draft documents on various aspects of information security, and NIST is seeking comments on those drafts.
Consumer fraud trends suggest banking institutions will lead the fight against ID fraud, and international regulators are taking closer looks cross-border payments and money laundering.
Consumer fraud trends suggest banking institutions will lead the fight against ID fraud, and international regulators are taking closer looks cross-border payments and money laundering.
A recently released presidential council report, while raising important issues, oversimplifies the challenges involved in securely exchanging health information, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president for informatics at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
It's not enough to recover data after an incident; also essential is restoring the software needed to read the data, as Federal Emergency Management Agency has learned. The inspector general explains it all.
"We cannot allow security breaches to undermine our trust in the U.S. economy," says Sen. Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who says he'll introduce the bill. "We must step forward and curb these attacks without delay."
As David Blumenthal, M.D., prepares to step down as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, it's a good time to assess the privacy and security issues that his successor must address.
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