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Ensure EPCS success by following these six comprehensive steps. Deploying Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances shouldn't be a headache.
On August 23, 2012 HHS released the final rule on Meaningful Use Stage 2. Although a few of the thresholds were reduced from the preliminary ruling and some menu objectives were added the bar is still much higher than Stage 1 (see summary below). Hospitals must meet 19 total objectives, 16 core and 3 out of 6 menu objectives.
While the healthcare systems may differ considerably between U.S. and Canada, healthcare providers in both countries face the same challenges when it comes to simplifying access to clinical systems and patient information.
There's a lot of news and opinions on the web as the blogosphere continues to grow. As a result, the web can be overwhelming on one hand and full of wonder on the other as you sort and click through the rabbit hole of conversations on the other side.
In light of this, I thought I would provide a short list of great blogs and resources that I follow from the identity management circles that are worth checking out and engaging with:
The energy is high at Imprivata today as we gear up to demonstrate how Imprivata OneSign® with No Click Access® and Imprivata Cortext
Ed Ricks, the VP Information Services & CIO at Beaufort Memorial Hospital (an Imprivata customer), has started blogging for Computerworld on healthcare IT issues.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published its Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule back in late 2008, but spurred by a jolt of healthcare IT investment driven by HITECH mandates has renewed relevance today. From a user access perspective, there are important technical safeguards outlined in the area of Access Control, Audit Control, Integrity, and Person or Entity Authentication that are worth calling out. Specific Key Activities within these technical safeguards criteria you should review include...
Last week at the HIMSS15 Conference in Chicago, Surescripts sponsored a panel discussion titled Advancing Care with Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS). The group discussed the relatively slow adoption of EPCS among care providers, despite the fact that electronic prescribing of non-controlled substances has been swiftly embraced by prescribers and pharmacists. According to Santosh Kalkar, today in the U.S. about five percent of providers and 71 percent of pharmacies are enabled with EPCS.
Post by Jaimin Patel, Vice President IAM Program Management, CaradigmOriginally posted: October, 2016
The threat of hackers stealing private information and holding it for ransom is real, and the healthcare industry has become a prime target – in fact, phishing as emerged as the top security threat facing healthcare organizations. Criminals employ a variety of highly-targeted methods to breach data security. That means, as a provider, you must protect your patients’ private information by using equally dynamic security solutions.