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Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

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Look for HIPAA compliance, EPCS compliance, HITRUST certification, ONC Certified HIT certification, SOC-2 Type II certification, and more. These practices play a critical role in maintaining data accuracy and compliance with regulations like HIPAA, while EMR and PM systems ensure data is encrypted and accessible through role-based controls.

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Enhancing Healthcare Cybersecurity Through Legacy System Retirement and Data Archiving

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The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. According to an investigation by ProPublica and German radio and TV network Bayerischer Rundfunk, medical data of more than 5MM U.S.

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A Fresh Approach to Safeguarding Healthcare Data

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As you develop your strategy, prioritize EHR safety by choosing a HIPAA-, HITECH-, and FedRAMP-certified EHR. Look for a vendor that demonstrates an eye toward cybersecurity by having robust security measures in place and explore their audit process for further reassurance.

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Security as the Standard: Utilizing the Cloud for Private Healthcare Data

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Today, advanced security measures like encryption and access controls help to protect data from unauthorized access, which is important for patient privacy and allows institutions to comply with regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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Despite the historical challenge of healthcare organizations safeguarding data, the healthcare sector, rich in information, is now learning to embrace digitalization, enabling real-time movement of data between systems.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

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The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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Ellen DaSilva, Co-Founder and CEO at Summer Health 1) The portability of data to deeply understand patients has been severely restricted (mostly by HIPAA but I won’t go on the record against it), so there’s a lot of information we’ll never be able to meld. Will there be a new regulation that will land in our laps?