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Core Principles for Application Decommissioning and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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The Importance of Patient Portal Usability

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Sharing of Data in a Patient Portal Most patients are familiar with HIPAA and of course, expect data to be kept securely in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Now, there is a trend toward an expectation that patients are able to either download or share their data on demand.

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HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) To Investigate Google

Healthcare IT Today

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Google met HIPAA requirements when it pulled together millions of patient records when working with the Ascension health system.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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Know When to Hold ’em: The Legal Considerations for Healthcare Information Technology Data Retention and Purging

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Purging Guidelines & Criteria HIPAA privacy rules do not address medical record retention requirements, and the guidelines from several states and the federal government are ambiguous at best. Healthcare organizations considering a purge of their archived data soon realize that errors […].

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC). Given the health tech market’s rapid growth, there is certainly more to come.

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Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

What the EMR Industry Can Learn From Facebook – Seems like people care about Facebook and Healthcare. HIPAA vs HIPPA – Fun Friday – I’m glad some humor made the top list since I enjoy humor as much or more than the next person. Clean, Usable Health Data and the Impact of Sharing Data with Partners.