Security Logging and Monitoring for EHRs
If you are like most medium or large healthcare providers these days, your Electronic Health Record (EHR) environment is likely a very complex one. Such complexity brings with it a …
Is your auditor or consultant anything like the OPM OIG?
The OPM breach has been deservedly in the news for over a month now. Much has been written and said about it across the mainstream media and the internet1. …
No, Security-Privacy Is Not A Hindrance To TeleHealth Adoption
Since I follow the teleheath space rather closely from a security/privacy perspective, I was drawn yesterday to this article titled “How Health Privacy Regulations Hinder Telehealth Adoption”. From my experience, …
This is how the #AnthemHack could have been stopped, perhaps
It has been just over a week since the #AnthemHack was made public. Over this period, the main stream media and many of the bloggers and commentators, as usual, have been …
Docs turn up the heat on ONC! – Security Commentary
HealthcareITNews reported yesterday on this letter that was written by several physician organizations to the ONC. I wanted to write a couple of quick thoughts on the security aspects raised …
Wise Words To Avoid Horror Stories in Identity and Access Management
It is no secret that Identity and Access Management (IAM) continues to be a challenge for many organizations. As a witness and practitioner in the space for over 10 years …
Patient Portals – Make or Break
Like many other Health IT initiatives today, the primary driver for patient portals is regulatory in nature. Specifically, it is the Meaningful Use requirements related to view, download or transmit and …
Hello PCI SSC… Can we rethink?
This is a detailed follow-up to the quick post I wrote the Friday before the Labor Day weekend, based on my read at the time of the PCI SSC’s Special Interest Group …
Security is mostly basics, but talk is cheap
In most cases, better security posture is all about getting a few basics right. And this recent incident related to the breach of a Healthcare.gov server may be further proof …
Hello PCI SSC…
Hello PCI SSC, You had me on board until I saw this statement in your guidance1 released yesterday. “However, using risk as the basis for an organization’s information security program …