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Driving Effective Privacy Operations with Functional Requirements
By Shawna Doran, Senior Manager, Tueoris, LLC and Dan Goldstein, Partner, Tueoris LLC In the run-up to May 25, 2018, many businesses that thought they were well-prepared to meet their …
Alternatives to Consent: New Approaches to Processing Patient Data for Current and Future Clinical Research
Introduction Pharmaceutical and biotech companies sponsoring clinical research have traditionally relied on patient consent as the legal basis for processing personal data, sensitive personal data and biologic material for …
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 Anthem breach could have been stopped, perhaps
It has been just over a week since the Anthem breach was made public. Over this period, the mainstream media and many of the bloggers and commentators, as usual, have …
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 …