On November 30, 2011 HHS announced that they approve of the proposed push of Stage 2 Meaningful Use from 2013 to 2014 that has been talked about since July of this year. But who does this decision really impact?…
The Meaningful Use Analysis presented at the recent HIT Policy Committee Meeting indicates that 2,246 Eligible Professionals and 100 Hospitals have attested successfully. That’s a good start to EHR Adoption; with Stage 2 potentially delayed for these earlier adopters it will be interesting to see how many more attest to Meaningful Use in 2011.…
We’re about to hit the virtual road out to San Francisco for VMworld 2010 next week, and are excited for the many activities and conversations that are lined up for our team at the event. If you’re going to the event, stop by booth #441 for a chat about securing user access in virtual desktop environments, or a demo of the integration of VMware View and Imprivata OneSign. We’d love to share ideas, perspectives and experiences onsite!
I thought I’d call out some things you may want to check out as you navigate through the clouds of people milling around the various sessions, booths and labs within the Moscone Center...…
There’s a lot of discussion around meaningful use, its definition and how organizations can obtain the government incentives that recent legislation promises. However, in the dash for these types of healthcare IT investment reimbursements, one must not overlook the role of security risk in satisfying compliance requirements.…
Khalid Kark of Forrester Research recently issued a useful whitepaper that outlines the security reforms needed to improve patient data security in the healthcare industry. The whitepaper highlights four key reasons why healthcare organizations are failing behind on security. Khalid provides a comprehensive set of recommendations to help healthcare organizations address these challenges – these are near and dear to what we do here every day. I thought I would share some of the insights gathered from work with our many healthcare customers.…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently put out a draft “Guide to Enterprise Password Management” for public comment for feedback and improvement. While it gives a lesson in password management history, it doesn’t quite break new grounds on prescriptive opinion.
Dave Kearns provided useful analysis of the NIST paper in his recent Managing Passwordsarticle on Network World, and a couple of nuggets of wisdom jumped out at me:…
Since 1996, HIPAA has become one of the most important and highly publicized pieces of healthcare legislation in the United States. Over this time it has also become one of THE biggest topics of conversation within the healthcare and security industries and with good reason-HIPAA involves two major issues, patients and privacy. What's truly amazing to me is that behind the scenes, one would naturally have to assume that the majority of healthcare organizations are being driven by the worry of the potential penalties that might be levied on them by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) for their failure to fully comply with HIPAA...…
After the recent 2008 HIMSS Conference, we conducted a survey of 171 healthcare IT decision makers to identify some of the trends they face relating to identity management. I wanted to call out a few interesting data points...…
It seems like forever since we have been hearing/talking about both Stage 2 Meaningful Use and the impact of HITECH on HIPAA, so what’s up, when will they be…
How does IT ensure the software they select will be adopted by their users?
Don Busiek
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An IT Director’s plate is overflowing and unfortunately, not with tasty treats. It is overwhelming for any IT professional to tackle everything on the to-do list, especially given the challenges IT faces every day: Shrinking budgets, smaller teams, increasingly complex solutions, vendor audits, 24x7 clinician support, rip-and-replace upgrades, progressively complicated demands of end users, BYOD, demanding clinicians, security concerns…the list goes on and on and on.…
Studies have shown that providers spend less than 25% of their time performing direct patient care. The rest of the time they spend accessing patient records and documenting in the EMR (25%), communicating with colleagues (20%), documenting medications, or entering orders and prescriptions (20%).…
Why KLAS secure messaging category leader Imprivata Cortext is rising above the competition
Clay Ritchey
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Three years ago, Imprivata set out to address one of the top concerns on every CIO’s to-do list: enabling quick, reliable, and secure communications for healthcare providers across the care continuum.
We launched Imprivata Cortext in October 2012 as the healthcare industry’s first free HIPAA compliant text messaging solution, and today we’ve received perhaps the greatest validation to date that we’ve built a secure messaging solution that enables healthcare organizations to replace pagers and improve care coordination, inside and outside the hospital. …
SSO and VDI: The perfect pair at Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Kim Johnson
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I recently sat down with Willard Fosberry, Director of IT Infrastructure at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, to gain a better understanding of why the South Carol…
