Tag: compliance

May 2, 2018

Study Shows that Healthcare’s Internal Security Breaches Exceed External Ones Was that Lady Gaga in the emergency room? What kind of procedure is my ex having? If you’re a healthcare organization, curiosity is one reason why your employees are a […]

June 5, 2017

Are EHR vendors the new villains of healthcare? A major electronic health record software player, eClinicalWorks, just got busted for falsely obtaining certification with the meaningful use criteria through its EHR — and suggestions immediately arose that the case was […]

May 5, 2017

In nearly every conversation I have with a compliance officer, what I hear is the need for more time to do all that the job entails. So, if you’re feeling more reactive and tactical than strategic these days, you’re not […]

March 15, 2017

As healthcare organizations have reached near universal adoption of EHR and practice management systems, the amount of available billing and claims data has grown exponentially. This data has the potential to offer insight to issues that can adversely affect the […]

February 2, 2017

With acute care and ambulatory providers near universal adoption of electronic health records and physician practice management systems, the amount of billing and claims data has grown exponentially. This data can give providers new insights into regulatory and financial issues […]

October 14, 2016

Chad Brouillard deals with the unsavory topic of medical malpractice lawsuits and the increasing complexity EHRs add to them everyday. The attorney at Foster & Eldridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts defends physicians in malpractice suits and witnesses first-hand the hassle and […]

September 8, 2016

As the stakes rise for meeting HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules, it’s becoming more important for healthcare organizations to have a coordinated strategy for identifying and addressing all the regulations and standards that apply. As my column discussed […]

August 10, 2016

Recent high-profile data breaches have primed healthcare organizations to be wary of threats and implement security measures to better protect their assets. And while cloud technology has created huge benefits for organizations, it’s also opened the door for new threats. […]