At this year’s annual HIMSS conference, held last month in Orlando, Florida, we joined more than 45,000 professionals from across the globe to showcase innov…
At this year’s annual HIMSS conference, held last month in Orlando, Florida, we joined more than 45,000 professionals from across the globe to showcase innov…
Overcome risk to drive a successful healthcare IT strategy (Part II)
Joel Alcon
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January 28, 2019
In Part I of this two-part blog, we highlighted key challenges facing a health system Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), including the ever-present n…
For decades, the healthcare industry has struggled with accurately linking a patient’s health data within and across health systems — an activity known as pa…
‘Reference Architecture’ guide helps customers implement Imprivata OneSign Single Sign-On with Epic systems
Joel Alcon
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October 15, 2018
We know how time-consuming it can be to identify various types of clinical workflows within a healthcare organization and then deploy technology securely wit…
Enacted into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes five sections detailing data privacy and security provisio…
Getting authentication right – considerations for medical device security
August 27, 2018
Drivers such as HIPAA compliance, general PHI privacy, and concerns around unauthorized use have led to increased regulations for medical device security.…
Mass lawmakers embrace electronic prescribing of controlled substances
August 8, 2018
Massachusetts lawmakers recently passed legislation that requires providers and pharmacies to switch to electronic prescribing of opioid medication by 2020, …
Avoiding common security and compliance workarounds for medical devices
July 30, 2018
Security concerns continue to grow for healthcare organizations as systems integrate new technologies and as electronic patient health information (PHI) prol…