In health care, perhaps even more than in other industries, it is a necessity that networks and applications are accessed only by authorized employees and caregivers. But, health care facilities are busy places, and finding ways to streamline access without compromising security can be a challenge. This white paper demonstrates how single sign-on technology can fortify your health care organization’s overall security posture while ensuring that you’re ready if and when an audit strikes.
It seems like forever since we have been hearing/talking about both Stage 2 Meaningful Use and the impact of HITECH on HIPAA, so what’s up, when will they be published as final? The rules are currently sitting with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
It was with great regret that I canceled my trip to Healthport’s first HIM Educational Summit earlier this week. (A rampant stomach bug claimed me as the last victim in our family of four, and so I thought my healthcare conference colleagues would, in fact, appreciate my absence.) I had been scheduled to moderate a discussion on the exchange of personal health information within an accountable care organization (ACO) – a topic that I thought I knew a lot about, until I began researching the subject.
Teradici, the developer of the PC-over-IP (PCoIP) protocol, will showcase its full range of desktop virtualization solutions, as well as its joint solution with Imprivata, at the VMware User Group in Indianapolis on July 26. Teradici PCoIP solutions provide the unique remote display protocol that is essential to the performance of all VMware View deployments. In addition to demonstrations of the Teradici APEX 2800 server offload card, Teradici will also be showcasing its joint solution with Imprivata.
Some 100 companies and organizations have been named to Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2012. The recognition program, now in its fifth year, honors workplaces in healthcare that enable employees to perform at their optimum level to provide patients and customers with the best possible care, products and services.
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.
I know where I’ll be, at Imprivata HealthCon! The Imprivata HealthCon 2012 User Conference kicks off with an evening event on Tuesday, November 6th followed by two days of Healthcare IT sessions on topics such as EMR Adoption, HIPAA/HITECH compliance and Stage 2 Meaningful Use.