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• Health care developers who build on Box get HIPAA compliance for free

  
  VentureBeat — Authority: 161
  SAN FRANCISCO — When health IT professionals are calling out for better ways to view patient data, third party applications are the obvious answer. But without HIPAA compliance, the task is more than a daunting one — it’s a potential financial sinkhole. But it seems that partnerships with companies such as Box ...
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• Disaster prep efforts after Boston bombings draw privacy criticism

  
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  An attempt to collect information on patients treated during the Boston bombings by the citys Public Health Commission for disaster preparedness and response planning purposes is being treated as a potential HIPAA violation. read more
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• Request for data on Boston Marathon bombing victims draws privacy protests

  
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  An attempt to collect information on patients treated during the Boston bombings by the citys Public Health Commission for disaster preparedness and response planning purposes is being treated as a potential HIPAA violation. read more
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• Is your copier storing patient PHI?

  
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  A client called to my attention that a (seemingly) very HIPAA savvy patient she had recently seen refused to allow her to make a copy of his insurance information. His reason was that copiers store the information and he was concerned about our protecting the copier that holds his PHI. Do copiers indeed store PHI in ...
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• Will the CommonWell Health Alliance Succeed at Solving Nationwide Data Exchange?

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 145
  By Waco Hoover First Posted at Institute for Health Technology Transformation on 4/8/2013 The Health IT Policy Committee recently analyzed the CommonWell Health Alliance, a newly formed vendor-led coalition to promote interoperability. The Alliance comprised ...
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• Industry Behavior Needs to Change in Standardizing HIPAA Transactions

  
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  Compliance – Not Just a Legal Term, It Actually Makes Good Business Sense COMMENTARY By Stanley Nachimson, Nachimson Advisors I have always considered myself a very close follower of the rules – whether I agree with them or not, I tend to stick very closely to them.  And when I was at CMS working on the HIPAA ...
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• Why Health IT Security Grows More Complex

  
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  Former DoD Cyber-security Analyst Addresses HIPAA Security Challenges By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is starting enforcement of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule on Sept. 23, 2013, and aside from regulatory compliance, the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee is encouraging ...
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• Sound Masking for Medical Professionals

  
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  Patient Satisfaction Press Ganey patient satisfaction surveys tell us that there is a clear link between patient satisfaction and their perception of quality of care and profitability.  Even if quality care is provided, if the perception is not there, patients walk away unsatisfied.  Thus, it’s essential to ...
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• Florida Appeals Court Rules HIPAA Overrides FL Nursing Home Records Law

  
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  Florida law requires that nursing homes furnish to the “spouse, guardian, surrogate, proxy, or attorney in fact” of a former resident a copy of the resident’s records which are in the possession of the facility. The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“ HIPAA ”) provides ...
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• Show and Tell: Take Advantage of These Great Medical Practice Management Resources

  
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  The only thing better than finding a great report, tool, or piece of information on the web is sharing it with our readers so that they can put it to work themselves. Here are some of the “treasures” that I’ve been pointed towards recently that have found places in my bookmarks folder. We hope you’ll [...] ...
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• New HIPAA Education Tools for Patients, Providers Hit Web

  
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  Hoping to improve consumers’ knowledge of their healthcare privacy and security rights, the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has developed an array of new patient-facing educational tools about HIPAA. .
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  Why FoIP? Organizations depend on fax for secure, compliant, auditable, and reliable communications. Fax use is expected to remain high and increase yearly as millions of business-critical documents continue to be faxed every day.  And with voice over IP (VoIP) now commonplace, fax over IP (FoIP) allows ...
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• HHS Empowers Consumers to Know (and Enforce) their Rights Under HIPAA

  
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  Ryan Blaney The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published on its website a series of factsheets designed to educate consumers unfamiliar with their rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.  These ...
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• Massively Open Online Medicine: Bad Idea or Just Before Its Time?--David Harlow

  
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  The new darling of the online educational community is Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The example which figures most prominently in the popular imagination is the Khan Academy, though its founder says otherwise, noting that MOOCs are merely online transplantations of traditional courses , while Khan Academy ...
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• Would you know what to do if you had to close your medical practice tomorrow?

  
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  Recently, I was approached by one of my clients who was retiring and, due to health concerns, had to close his medical practice rather quickly. He turned to me for guidance on the specific steps he needed to take to communicate this situation to his patients, including how to transfer his patients to another ...
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• Upcoming Virtual Health IT Events

  
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  HIT, HIE, HIPAA, EHR Incentive Audits, RxNorm, CQMs Take advantage of these upcoming online educational events. The webinars are all intended for eligible professional and their practices. They are free of charge so register today. Learning Lunch: Utilizing EHR Templates to Improve Electronic Workflow Wednesday, May ...
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• Sound Masking & Patient Satisfaction

  
  Office Sound Masking — Authority: 122
  Patient Satisfaction When thinking of ways to improve patient satisfaction in medical offices, few think of reducing noise.  Interestingly, though, Press Ganey patient satisfaction surveys tell us that there is a clear link between patient satisfaction and their perception of quality of care and profitability. ...
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• In Kmart’s Armed Data Breach, Police Somehow Not Told Everything

  
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  When a Kmart suffered the loss of sensitive pharmacy customer information in mid-March during an armed robbery , Sears officials and lawyers quickly reviewed details and made sure to follow all federal rules—especially HIPAA guidelines. Somehow, though, Kmart never got around to mentioning the data loss to the ...
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• Cloud File Sharing Service Box Makes a Big Investment in Healthcare

  
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  Disclosure: We use and believe in Box at Manage My Practice and we are Certified Box Resellers. More information here. Box, a California cloud file sharing and content management service has announced new partners and investments in the healthcare industry. Makers of software for clinical documentation, care ...
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• 8×8 Virtual Office VoIP Business Phone Service Now Supports HIPAA/HITECH Compliance

  
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  8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of innovative cloud communications and computing solutions, today announced that its Virtual Office hosted PBX VoIP phone service now supports Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) ...
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