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With the Internet of medical things (IoMT) and caregiver mobility on the rise, connected devices and device security is top of mind with today’s IT and security professionals.
On June 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed important legislation that would “require e-prescribing for coverage under part D of the Medicare program of prescription drugs” by January 1, 2020. Requiring electronic prescription of controlled substances (EPCS) would establish a milestone for the role of information technology in combatting prescription drug abuse, particularly the opioid crisis that has gripped our country.
Hundreds of McKesson customers converged in Grapevine, Texas this past week to learn what their peers are doing and to get the latest product updates from McKesson. Infrastructure upgrades was a common theme this year for many of the attendees I spoke to, with virtualization in particular continuing to rise in priority. Many hospitals had partially or completely virtualized their data center, and some had even virtualized all their desktops.
Just a quick post to congratulate OhioHealth's CTO Jim Lowder on being named to InfoWorld's CTO 25, a short list of visionaries recognized for their industry leadership and technological contributions. Welcome to the club.
Enacted into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes five sections detailing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding protected health information (PHI). Failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. If a healthcare organization is unaware that its practices led to a HIPAA violation, the minimum civil penalty is $100 per violation, with an annual maximum of $25,000 for repeat violations. The maximum civil penalty is $50,000 per violation with an annual maximum of $1.5 million.
Patient Lily Johnson lies in her hospital bed, waiting for Dr. Barlow to write her discharge orders. She is tired. Hospitals are exhausting places where it’s nearly impossible to get a good night’s sleep. Activity swirls around her but none of it seems meaningful to her. She thought she was going home today. Dr. Barlow had come in on his morning rounds and told her she could go home. But although she calls out to the nurses who pass by her door, she can’t get any definitive time. So she waits.
If you’re a health system Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you have one over-arching element you deal with all the time: operational risk. It’s constant, and it’s across your entire solution stack.
Many of us at the Imprivata Lexington office are enjoying ballpark food today as we gear up to watch the Red Sox play Baltimore in the home opening game. Whether you’re a sports fan or an avid runner prepping for next week’s Boston Marathon, check out our Healthcare News Watch this week!
Today, we are following stories of how big data could save U.S. citizens as much as $450 billion, Health IT predictions for 2018 and innovative ways of using digital pens in the UK.
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Cerner is hosting more than 4,000 customers who come to this event to network, share experiences and learn about the latest solution offerings from Cerner and their partners.
The Solutions Gallery provides a wonderful venue for the attendees to see the latest product offerings from Cerner and their key partners. Imprivata, a Cerner partner for over five years, is exhibiting our latest OneSign capabilities, from Secure Walk-Away to No Click Access on Windows based and Zero client endpoints… All in the name of enhancing the care providers’ Cerner Millennium experience.
Although the DEA Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS) ruling came out in 2010 many healthcare organizations are just now, in mid-2012, starting to look at what they need to do to roll it out. Why is that? Well the ruling was just that, a ruling, many factors had to be in place by EMR/e-Prescribing vendors, pharmacy vendors, Surescripts and providers themselves.