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• Data Sharing In A Crisis Environment

  4/16/2020

  In February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two transformative rulings that give patients unprecedented access to and control over their personal health data. The rules implement interoperability and patient access provisions that empower patients to manage their health electronically. Under typical circumstances, these HHS rulings would have garnered considerable attention; however, the news broke just as America was besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thinking Of The Patient When Switching EHRs

  3/28/2014

  David Gibbons, executive VP & COO at UPMC Hamot touches on multiple components of the EHR transition in this video, from the perspective of the patient to UPMC Hamot’s involvement with the next transition in Altoona to the differences between an implementation between smaller and larger health systems.

• 5 ICD-10 Challenges Facing Every IT Project Manager

  5/9/2013

  On Jan. 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule that mandated adoption of ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2013. The adoption mandate has since been extended by CMS to Oct. 1, 2014. The shift to ICD-10 is intended to be a significant enhancement in the coding and classification of diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures. CMS’ recent action will provide healthcare organizations in the United States with the opportunity to adapt the same platform used by many industrialized nations today, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, and Canada.

• Moving Data To Where It Needs To Be In Healthcare

  8/17/2016

  Napoleon is widely considered a brilliant leader and battle strategist. Yet, despite an arsenal of advantages including better arms, the regularity of higher force concentrations, and the superior chess-like maneuverability of his armies across European battlefields, Napoleon eventually fell.

• How To Prevent Small, Simple Mistakes From Turning Into Big Problems

  6/24/2019

  Another day, another healthcare data breach. According to a recent study, more than 11.5 million healthcare records were breached in 2018. While the industry continues to focus on external attackers looking to infiltrate networks and steal information, in reality, one of the biggest threats healthcare organizations face are accidental data breaches. Yet even simple mistakes like misaddressed emails can turn into massive breaches and HIPAA compliance nightmare scenarios.

• Amidst The Pandemic, IT Teams Turn To The Cloud To Protect Patient Data

  9/3/2020

  The challenges facing healthcare during COVID-19 are more than biological. Already on the ropes due to the coronavirus, healthcare providers are weathering a perfect storm, as hackers take advantage of the commotion and ramp up their attack frequency and sophistication.