Article Review: Stolen Devices, Encryption Issues Plague Healthcare

The latest updates to the federally maintained roll of major health information breaches show that the loss and theft of unencrypted devices continue to be major problems for the healthcare industry, particularly in light of stepped up enforcement of HIPAA conformance. The 10 breach incidents added to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office [...]

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Security and Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2

Those in the healthcare industry may have heard that Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and CMS have released the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at the HIMSS12 conference.  In traditional government committee fashion, the proposal is 455 pages.  I recommend leaving the in-depth reading and detailed analysis to the [...]

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