Category Archives: IT security

Five Reasons Why Physician IT Champions are Needed

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

It has been 5 years since the passage of the HITECH Act portion of the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of HITECH was “…to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” While the result of this legislation … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Digital Health Technology Can Impact Risk Management

Posted on September 9, 2014 by

There has been a significant amount of well-deserved publicity regarding HIPAA violations arising from security breaches of electronic health records (EHRs). Even a well-intentioned company which developed a certification process (which included privacy and security) for mobile medical apps encountered … Continue reading →

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Takeaways from The #DigitalHealth Conference 2013

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

I recently attended and moderated at my first Digital Health Conference in New York, hosted by the New York e Health Collaborative. I was impressed with the quality of the speakers but more impressed with how this year, in my … Continue reading →

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Five Essentials to Having Your Hospital Go Mobile

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

While most hospitals’ IT priorities presently reside in achieving Meaningful Use and getting up to speed with ICD-10 (even though both have been moving deadline targets), there is another issue which is important to not only CIOs but to healthcare … Continue reading →

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BYOD: The Elephant in the Digital Health Technology Room

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

The Wikipedia definition of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is: “the recent trend of employees bringing personally owned mobile devices to their place of work, and using those devices to access privileged company resources such as email, file servers, and … Continue reading →

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Medical Apps Use Gaining Support by Providers

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

There have been some significant developments and noteworthy observations which are creating an atmosphere conducive to the institution of medical apps into widespread use. On the nursing front, a recent nursing survey which included almost 4000 nurses and nursing students … Continue reading →

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mHealth and HealthcareIT: Who’s Your Healthcare Data’s Daddy?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Healtcare IT and wireless health technologies will be producing in the coming years an almost immeasurable amount of data derived from electronic health records (EHRs), smart phones, body sensors, and other ‘connected’ devices. The ownership of this type of data … Continue reading →

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mHealth and HIPAA

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Wireless health technologies are proliferating into various transmission modalities and spectrum of wellness and healthcare. Safety and privacy of data is of paramount importance to providers and patients. HIPAA laws apply to some types of mHealth products and the implications … Continue reading →

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