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Paper Security Breaches: Are You At Risk?
11/23/2011
Improper disposal of paper records was recently cited by the Department of Health and Human Services as a growing cause of security breaches in healthcare. This article provides you with steps you can take to ensure the PHI (protected health information) contained on your paper documents doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. By Randy Cusick, technical marketing manager, Xerox North America
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A New Model Of Physician Employment Emerges
10/10/2011
Most Baby Boomers in the United States came of age in an era of healthcare when it was not uncommon for physicians to own their own practices, work long hours and treat their patients—often singlehandedly—from birth into adulthood. That time has passed. The implications of this trend go well beyond the physicians and hospitals—and patients—themselves. By Andrew A. Ziskind, Kristin L. Ficery and Richard N. Fu
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Neurologist Finds The Answer Through Mobile Workstation And Telehealth Integration
11/15/2011
This case study outlines how prominent neurologist, Dr. Hamid Rabiee of Shasta Regional Medical Center, is using an integrated telehealth and mobile workstation solution to positively impact everything from patient care to finding the work-life balance that can be critical to physician performance. By Metro Healthcare
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White Paper: Keys To A Successful EHR Implementation: Strategies To Ease The Transition And Maximize Value
6/10/2010
To some practices, the HITECH Act feels more like a high-wire act: They’re struggling to balance the pros against the cons as they assess the value of electronic health records (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE). By Navicure
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A Great Communications Strategy Is No Cure For A Terrible Cyber Security Plan
5/15/2015
It has been more than three months since 80 million people had their most sensitive data stolen during the largest healthcare data breach ever at Anthem Inc. From a crisis management perspective Anthem checked all the boxes. However, from an IT perspective, it failed to protect its customer data, allowing “hackers” to use a stolen employee password to access the database. Unfortunately for Anthem’s 80 million exposed customers, the company is learning its security lesson the hard way. For others in the healthcare industry it presents an opportunity to do better. By Cameron Burke, SVP Business Development, DeliverySlip
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Handling Unexpected Growth With The RICOH Pro C900
12/10/2009
The RICOH Pro C900 was engineered to not only be easy to operate, but also for extremely low maintenance to maximize machine uptime. By Ricoh Corporation
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Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully
5/30/2013
Not all EHR vendors are created equal. It’s up to you to determine which vendor has the experience and expertise to protect your patient data.
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Understanding Compliance In The Cloud, Part II
2/20/2020
We recently explored the growing data storage options for organizations in the healthcare industry, such as cloud migration or a hybrid of cloud and on-premises. Regardless of which option an organization chooses, there are many factors to consider when moving data to the cloud to ensure the entity is HIPAA compliant and HITRUST certified.
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PrimeSUITE Implementation Boosts Important Metrics At Birmingham Heart Clinic
8/22/2012
This case study from Greenway covers the Birmingham Heart Clinic, a nine provider cardiology practice established in 1994, and how it was able to boost charge capture, pre-provider income, and patient visits during the inaugural deployment year of PrimeSUITE®.
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Recent Enforcement Shows The Importance Of Encrypting Mobile Devices Containing PHI
10/29/2015
With headlines every day announcing another release of Protected Health Information (PHI), providers are asking themselves — is there a way to protect against these breaches? Beyond improving the security of large systems, attention is needed to protect PHI contained in laptops and other mobile devices, which account for a large percentage of PHI breaches. By Jeffrey C. Thrope, partner and health care business lawyer, Foley & Lardner LLP and Elizabeth J. Rosen, associate and health care lawyer, Foley & Lardner LLP