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- Expert offers tips for preventing health data breaches
Health care organizations should not only have policies for breach notifications, but also good privacy programs that can help prevent information breaches. Setting up technical security systems to protect patient records and discussing with vendors their responsibility for safeguarding patient data are some of the strategies that could help organizations prevent data breaches from happening, said Andrew E. Blustein, partner and co-chairman of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis' Health Information and Technology Group. HealthLeaders Media
(11/16)
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- 7 top technologies to watch in 2010
Electronic medical records and genetic testing are at the top of ECRI Institute's recently released list of technologies to watch in 2010. The list could help health plan executives decide which technologies they should prioritize, the institute said. Healthcare IT News
(11/16)
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- Consultant discusses meaningful use "flexibility"
 It will be difficult for hospitals to achieve meaningful use of health IT by 2013 due to such challenges as getting physicians to use computerized physician order entry systems and implementing closed-loop medication administration, said Mike Davis, HIMSS Analytics executive vice president. In this interview, Davis said he thinks the meaningful use matrix is designed to be partly vague, but hospitals that have nurses capturing documentation or applications implemented across most of their services "in pretty good shape." Healthcare Informatics online
(11/12)
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- HITRUST's new program targets inefficiencies in compliance reporting
The Health Information Trust Alliance has introduced the HITRUST Common Security Framework Assurance Program designed to address inefficiencies in compliance reporting by providing medical groups and their business partners with a common security assessment approach. "The need for a new approach is evident in the fact that so many health care organizations are already requiring or encouraging their business associates to participate in the CSF Assurance Program," said HITRUST CEO Daniel Nutkis. Healthcare IT News
(11/16)
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- Job survey finds government, health care offer oasis for IT pros
According to this year's Computerworld Salary Survey, a combination of job security and benefits is making government IT workers among the most satisfied. Other top industries include health care, defense and education, which continue to offer IT pros competitive pay and incentives compared with other sectors. Computerworld
(11/16)
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- CIO says wireless technology gives clinicians more mobility
Connecticut-based Hartford Hospital is working to implement wireless technology in all key areas of the facility to give clinicians the ability "to move around the hospital and still have access to clinical systems," CIO Steve O'Neill said in this interview. The hospital is also looking to adopt RFID applications to monitor its medical equipment, patients and employees, but is "holding off" the plan until a complete wireless system is in place, O'Neill added. Healthcare Informatics
(11/2009)
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Make plans for the CHIME/HIMSS CIO Forum
The CHIME/HIMSS CIO Forum will begin on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Georgia World Congress Center (Convention Center) at 9 a.m. The Forum will bring together CIOs from across the country to examine the latest thinking, explore new trends in the industry and join colleagues for a day of exclusive networking opportunities. For more information, visit www.himssconference.org/education/cio_forum.aspx.
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Register for the upcoming CHCIO Examination on Feb. 27
Registration currently is open for the next CHCIO Examination. CHIME will be offering the CHCIO Examination on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, in Atlanta. Passing the examination is one of the program requirements for becoming a Certified Healthcare CIO; only current CHIME members and CHIME Affiliate Program participants are eligible to participate in the CHCIO Program. Get more information.
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