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Recent Posts from HIPAA News
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How Will You Secure Your Company Data?
For IT security professionals, 2003 promises to be a year filled with old and new challenges. Whether balancing the needs of security with the push for greater access to data, coping with government mandates or…
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Health Care: Making HIPAA Happen
When health care CIOs gather these days, the IT fallout from HIPAA is the main topic of conversation, says Pam McNutt, CIO at Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, a $275 million health care group that includes…
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HHS supports both standard approaches for e-prescribing
So, HHS has been raising hackles all around of late, in part due to the rough kickoff of the National Provider Identifier requirement, and partly due to its proposal that providers switch over to ICD-10…
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CMS adds more hospital information to consumer web site
CMS is adding more information to its Hospital Compare consumer Web site to allow people to better compare the quality of care provided by their local hospitals. According to a press release, the improvements include…
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Who's reading your medical files today?
How would you feel about your personal health information flowing freely over the Internet between public health officials, healthcare providers, insurance and data clearinghouse companies, and others without your permission? If this doesn't sound like…
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What to do about medical identity theft
The easiest part of dealing with medical identity theft is taking care of the bills that land on your doorstep. If youre being asked to pay for health care services received by someone else: --…
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Do more to protect health-care privacy
Gone are the days of filing cabinets. Details of your life - from that C in college physics to bank-account numbers - are stored on a computer somewhere. Your health information is no exception. Health…
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ArcSight Joins McAfee Security Innovation Alliance
ArcSight, a global provider of compliance and security management solutions, has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance. The initial focus of this partnership will be on the integration of the ArcSight SIEM Platform with McAfee…
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Patient privacy breaches could mean hefty fines
The $100,000 fine to a Seattle-based home health agency last month should cause health care providers and related industries charged with protecting private patient information to take note, experts say. The governments cracking down on…
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The Security And Privacy Of Healthcare Data
Despite the aim of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to bolster the security and privacy of patient information, a majority of health-care providers believe more should -- and can -- be done. And…