Managing your EHR data can sometimes feel all-consuming. Are you doing everything in your power to keep your data safe and secure?
According to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, restrictions only apply to individually identifiable protected health information (PHI). If you can de-identify PHI so the identities of individuals cannot be discovered, PHI can be freely shared.
Log4j is a tool used to help a programmer create output log statements to a variety of output targets. When you have a problem somewhere in the system, this tool is useful to have a log of data to sort through to help locate the issue. It’s part of the open-source library, meaning it’s used across many popular apps and websites, and is located on potentially hundreds of millions of devices across the world.
People are quite predictable when it comes to their new year’s resolutions. As the clock strikes midnight and we move to a new year, people plan to:
Exercise more
Eat healthier
Spend more time with family and friends
Lose weight
Live more economically
What works for personal resolutions can also transfer to business goals.
Remember when you needed separate keys or cards for everything you did? You kept keys on a keyring, or cards in a wallet, pulling each out depending on where you were and where you were going.
But wallets and keyrings can be lost or misplaced. Depending on your lifestyle, you could end up with a pocketful of entry tools, one each for every single thing you needed access to.
As a healthcare professional today, there are a lot of security worries on your plate. Is your data secure? Are your patients protected? Can hackers find a way in?
Many people approach security with a “wait and see” attitude. They scratch the surface for handling it, and hope for the best each and every day.
Malware. Ransomware. As if there wasn’t enough to plan for as you develop your security strategy, this week brings to attention another threat called killware.
In a USA Today interview, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed that hackers breached a water system in February with the sole intent to distribute contaminated water to Florida residents.
5G is coming. And it’s coming fast.
Right now, carriers are giving deals to help people switch from older platforms. If you’ve been using 4G, you’ll instantly notice speed, coverage, and reliability improvements. That’s reason enough to change.
As a healthcare provider, you have a full array of activities to fill your days.
Seeing patients
Consulting with peers
Interacting with employees
Handling daily tasks
Dealing with immediate problems
Staying up to date with guidelines and regulations
Have you ever felt like you’re handling a 24-hour job in just 8 hours?
Now add in technology.
As a medical provider, how often do you think about the impact of HIPAA on your standard policies and procedures? Are you handling protected health information according to guidelines? Or are you putting data and information in compromising situations daily?
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the five most common compliance issues investigated include:
Impermissible uses and disclosures of protected health information
Lack of safeguards when dealing with protected health information
Lack of patient access to their protected health information
Lack of administrative safeguards when dealing with protected health information
Lack of technical safeguards when dealing with protected health information
As a response, the American Medical Association has created a Patient Records Electronic Access Playbook to aid in helping medical professionals define the roles they have in sharing and safeguarding patient health records.
It’s hard to imagine healthcare without technology. It exists in every aspect, from signing up patients on a website to tracking personal data using wearable technology. We use it to virtually connect with patients and experts, and help control medications and diseases.