Surviving a ‘Meaningful Use’ Audit

The preliminary results of the ‘Meaningful Use’ audits conducted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have indicated that healthcare providers are having trouble substantiating their attestations, and are especially facing issues with documentation. Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS’ Office of e-Health Standards and Services, mentioned in…

Wrapping-Up HIPAA Compliance Chores

The HIPAA enforcement deadline is here, and healthcare entities have been busy finishing up compliance tasks. Over the past few weeks, many healthcare organizations were seen tackling one of the biggest compliance headaches- Updating business associate agreements-which is necessitated by the HIPAA Omnibus rule where business associates and their subcontractors are, for the first time,…

Addressing Information Security Threats & Challenges in Healthcare

Every healthcare business is vulnerable, and therefore needs an effective means to deal with ever-growing threats and challenges. In an interview with Healthcare Info Security, Lee Kim, the Director of Privacy and Security at HIMSS discussed the issues faced by the healthcare industry and offered insights. “Keeping track of where sensitive data is located, detecting…