Regulatory recommendations and considerations for medical device security
With the rise in adoption of new technology in the healthcare industry, robust, network-connected medical devices are rapidly becoming critical tools used du…
There' s been a lot of talk and focus on the Meaningful Use provisions of the HITECH Act. I worry that we're becoming too focused on the details of Meaningful Use, and losing the bigger picture.
The government instituted the Meaningful Use criteria and incentives because they believe that electronic medical records can improve quality of care and access to care – but only if the EMR solutions are actually deployed and used. Hence Meaningful Use.…
The Digital Healthcare Conference 2010 occurred last week in Madison, WI, under the theme of “Healthcare IT in transition.” Imprivata Chief Medical Officer Dr. Barry P. Chaiken served as the conference chair for this event, which boasted an impressive agenda that kicked off with KLAS Founder and Chairman Kent Gale exploring the obstacles to physician adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs). Gale’s “Top Ten” list highlighted common things that stand in the way of EMR adoption, and the takeaway from the entire session aimed to get attendees to see how establishing transparent workflow can lead to physicians truly embracing EMRs.…
The right single sign-on (SSO) solution can resolve your password management issues. However, some SSO solutions raise as many issues as they promise to solve—the cost of purchase can be quite high, and the complexity of implementation and management can overwhelm IT departments. As you start your SSO vendor evaluation process, it’s important to know what questions to ask to ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the complete solution including product features and functionality, implementation and deployment, and ongoing management. Sample questions across important categories include...…
I was reading the recent security breach news about Lesmany Nunez, a former IT administrator who was recently sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison for computer fraud. Mr. Nunez was an employee at Miami-based Quantum Technology Partners (QTP) and three months after his employment ended, he was still able to access the company’s network with an administrator password. What he did then was break into QTP’s servers, shut them down, change the system administrators’ passwords and erase files, all of which ended up costing QTP more than $30,000.…
The other week, we announced some findings from a survey conducted over the past couple of months aimed at understanding where authentication and access management sits in the eyes of those concerned with Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards (DSS). With PCI publishing the latest PCI Data Security Standard 1.2 on Oct. 1, 2008, this online survey highlighted some interesting trends as companies work toward compliance.
Here are a few stats to briefly call out...…
The merger between RxHub and SureScripts has garnered extensive coverage - here,here and here, among others. This is a huge step forward for standardizing on, and speeding the adoption of, electronic prescriptions. It is significant progress, and the latest of many advancements the healthcare sector is driving forward. There is one area of the electronic prescriptions story though that is missing from all of the stories around the RxHub/SureScripts merger, though it's an important piece of the equation - authenticating that the prescription drug order is legitimate, and truly from an approved physician. Electronic transactions are easier and quicker, sure, but so is the potential for misuse and fraud.…
Are you ready for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? The proposed ruling states hospitals must attest to 18 objectives, 16 core and 2 of 4 menu objectives and Stage 2 now begins in FFY 2014 (10/1/2013). By consolidating some objectives, introducing new ones and raising the threshold on some the bar is certainly raised. …
Have you ever wanted to have a face to face conversation with one of Imprivata's technical experts to discuss existing or future products, deployment strateg…
We are pleased to recognize our inaugural 2012 Healthcare Innovation Award finalists, including Catholic Health Partners, Johns Hopkins, Memorial Healthcare,…
One of the key takeaways from last week’s AHIMA Conference in Atlanta was the focus on mobility and instant communication in healthcare. CIOs and other IT professionals are thinking deeply about the movement of data, especially protected health information (PHI) and how to provide clinicians with the access to information they need, wherever and whenever they need it, while remaining compliant with security and industry regulations.…
