Congratulations to Licking Memorial Hospital on achieving Stage 6 on the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model
Ed Gaudet
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We were delighted this month to see yet another Imprivata customer achieve Stage 6 on the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model. Congratulations to Sallie Arnett and the team at Licking Memorial Hospital on becoming the 316th US hospital to be distinguished with Stage 6 status! I caught up with Sallie to ask her a few questions about the adoption process and how the EMR systems is being received among care providers at Licking Memorial.…
The Unintended Consequences of Meaningful Use – A CIO’s Perspective
Brian Mullins
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Ed Ricks, the VP Information Services & CIO at Beaufort Memorial Hospital (an Imprivata customer), has started blogging for Computerworld on healthcare IT issues.…
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. …
What a Difference a Year Makes: Onsite at VMworld 2011
Ed Gaudet
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VMworld was markedly different from a healthcare IT point of view this year. I wrote a guest blog for HealthITExchange summarizing a few of my thoughts which you can find here. Were you at VMworld this year? What was your impression?…
At Parkview Adventist Medical Center we're very proud of our accomplishment of being only one of a handful of hospitals that have been awarded with HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 status.Moving to an EMR format and a paperless environment requires a significant commitment from the executive team and from our clinicians. As we began our move to EMR, we had two major concerns. 1 – Can we maintain patient data security and HIPAA compliance in an electronic format? 2 – Will the clinicians buy into what we’re doing and use the technologies we provide? These are two critical components in achieving Stage 6 status.…
Desktop Virtualization – Has it hit your desk yet?
David Ting
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The discussion on desktop virtualization, or hosted virtual desktop, is heating up. Some view it as futuristic. Others say it is throwback to the world of mainframe computing. With economic concerns forcing businesses to take a hard look at expenses across the enterprise, however, there are many reasons this is such a hot topic.…
Managing the Increasing Vulnerability of a Decentralized Workforce
More and more companies today are enabling employees and partners to work remotely, accessing networks, data and applications from just about anywhere to be productive. Being productive is good. Behaving less responsibly is not. I was reading that Cisco Systems commissioned a survey to examine the security behavior of remote workers, and I found some of the findings startling -- here's a few that stood out for me:…
Catching up on some news from last week and I thought Tim Greene’s article in Network World was an interesting piece on the Russian spy ring story that is currently grabbing headlines. One of the most glaring errors made by one of the spy defendants was leaving an imposing 27-character password written on a piece of paper that law enforcement officers found while searching a suspect's home. They used the password to crack open a treasure trove of more than 100 text files containing covert messages used to further the investigation.…
Security Wish List and This Year’s Ultimate Strong Authentication Stocking Stuffer
David Ting
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2009 was a tough year with the global economic downturn resulting in unprecedented workforce reductions. As a result, security risk from insider breaches has never been greater. Now, as we look to turn the page to 2010, it’s already clear that organizations will continue to go beyond the traditional levels of network access security by implementing policies that require users to provide a second form of identity to gain access to IT resources.…
Using Single Sign-On to Ease EMR Adoption – A Look at Parkview Adventist Medical Center
David Ting
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Congratulations to Imprivata customer Parkview Adventist Medical Center for recently earning the HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 designation! HIMSS Analytics highlights the Stage 6 award as recognition for hospitals that have made significant investments in healthcare IT and as well as implementing paperless medical records. This is a remarkable achievement for Parkview, considering that they’re one of only 42 hospitals out of 5,166 in the US to attain this level.…
Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations – Are You Protected?
David Ting
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A recent Gartner Blog Network post and Wall Street Journal article both focus on new, stricter data regulations being passed in several states, including Massachusetts. The final set of the Massachusetts regulations focus on restricting employee access to data, monitoring malicious activity on the network, and strong authentication protocols. The new regulations will go into effect beginning January 1, 2009.…
Drowning in Security: Keeping Security Transparent from Users
David Ting
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Users from temporary staff all the way up to the corner office complain about ‘drowning in security.' Why does it take four more passwords to open an email at work in some cases than to check a bank balance via the home PC? The things that make a car safe - airbags, safety glass, crumple zones, etc. - are not obvious to the driver. What lessons can we adopt from hidden security measures to make security less of a drag on employee performance?…
