Mobile Devices Are Here to Stay, But Challenges Remain
(Journal of Healthcare Information Management – (JHIM) – Summer 2012 – Used by permission from HIMSS). “The use of portable devices, especially the iPhone and iPad are turning physicians into iDocs. These consumer tools are moving into the healthcare environment at a break neck speed! We have seen increased usability. That is good. But, we also have seen increased security risks. That is bad”.
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How to Prepare for a HIPAA – HITECH Audit
(Journal of Healthcare Information Management – (JHIM) – Spring 2012 – Used by permission from HIMSS). Covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) can now clearly see the “HIPAA police” up ahead on the “side of the road”.
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Information security risk management is a numbers game. The bigger the numbers, the harder it is to manage the risk of unauthorized access to PHI.
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(Journal of Healthcare Information Management – (JHIM) – Fall 2011 – Used by permission from HIMSS) A question that we have been asked by a number of our clients over the past six (6) months is: “What do we really need to do for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1 in regards to information security risk analysis?”
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