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A presidential council's call for creation of a universal exchange language based on XML as a way to make electronic health records systems interoperable and ease the secure exchange of data is overly simplistic and impractical, some critics say.
Healthcare privacy and security issues rose to the forefront in 2010 thanks, in large part, to the HITECH Act, which led to many new regulations as well as a public list of major health information breaches.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a healthcare privacy case involving whether Vermont can ban the use of certain prescriber-identifiable data in the marketing of pharmaceuticals.
When it comes to sizing up the privacy agenda for 2011, the tone at the top of organizations is all about improving data security, says privacy expert and lawyer Lisa Sotto.
A recently released presidential council report, while raising important issues, oversimplifies the challenges involved in securely exchanging health information, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president for informatics at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
When the HITECH Act was enacted early in 2009, much was made of its provisions calling for tougher enforcement of the HIPAA privacy and security rules. But we're still waiting for ramped-up enforcement to begin.
The Office of the Inspector General will scrutinize the privacy and security policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the details of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program.
Self-service, enhanced privacy, cloud-based services - these are among the trends that will shape banking over the next decade. What can banking institutions do now to prepare?
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As healthcare organizations make broader use of wireless networks and devices, they must develop an aggressive risk management plan to address security threats, says security expert Rebecca Herold.
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