Monthly Archives: October 2010
Why hospitals hesitate to follow Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs?
Clinical documentation improvement programs enable high-quality treatment to patients and eventually lead to the betterment of the hospital but there is a general myth that they hinder the proper functioning of the clinical audit which is considered essential for the proper functioning of medical institutions. It is because of this myth that many hospitals do … Continue reading
Access to patients’ medical records under HIPAA
According to federal law, the patients have the right to have a copy of most of their medical records including doctors’ notes, medical test results, lab reports and billing information. HIPAA also states that the patients as well as the parents and guardians of them can seek these records. Caregivers may be able to access … Continue reading
HIPAA and HITECH compliance while using Blackberry mobile services
When you use blackberry mobile devices to send and receive email that may contain electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), you must abide by the HIPAA and HITECH laws. While using Blackberry devices, you can read ePHI-containing email over POP or IMAP as long as your email provider supports secure, SSL-enabled POP and IMAP connections, and … Continue reading
Significant changes in HIPAA rules with the passage of time
After the HIPAA law was passed, the HITECH Act passed in 2009 strengthened some of the already existing rules under HIPAA. Later, the Department of Health & Human Services released interim final rules regarding the strengthened regulations. Let us list down some of the major developments that modified the already existing HIPAA rules and best … Continue reading
Electronic medical records on the sale need to be protected
There are many serious issues concerning to update and running of Medical records in America and one of them is selling out of Medical health records as preserved in digital form as well as in preserved in hard copies. As Medical health records provides very relevant and key information to researchers and despite all government … Continue reading
Get online training in HIPAA and HITECH at HIPAA Exams
People who look for high-quality, consolidated, easy to understand, and low-cost online training programs on HIPAA can go for HIPAA Exams, a Colorado-based company, has been offering quality HIPAA training to many healthcare professionals, business associates, and health insurance administrators for six years. The programs offered by the company include HIPAA Security, HIPAA Awareness (privacy), … Continue reading
CipherEngine: A policy for global security, encryption and configuration
CipherEngine is a global encryption policy, key and configuration management solution enabling comprehensive network data protection and provides global security policy management, encryption key creation, encryption key distribution and configuration from a transparent management network layer. This solution helps you centrally manage your encryption deployment, monitor and manage encryptors from a single interface, make real … Continue reading