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Small physician practices are targets of hackers, too
While data security breaches at big healthcare organizations capture most of the media attention, small medical practices are actually more vulnerable to data losses and theft, according to a Kroll
Professionalism of your hospital's info security staff vital to data protection
Hospital IT departments need to increase the professionalism of staff assigned to data security, said Ali Pabrai, a Newport Beach, Calif., health IT consultant, in an article published in a patient
Observers advise hospitals on use of social media
Pundits are full of suggestions for how hospitals should use social media. Hard on the heels of a long post by healthcare attorney David Harlow on his HealthBlawg, two other articles offered
Break down all barriers to health information exchange
Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health IT, discussed the obstacles to the interoperability of health information systems in a recent interview with HealthLeaders Media. To overcome these
Hospital use of data breach insurance increases as incidents multiply
With all of the health data breaches reported recently, it's not surprising that more and healthcare providers have been purchasing data breach insurance, aka cyber insurance or network security
Following in hospitals' footsteps, HIEs adopt cloud-based imaging
Following the example of numerous hospitals across the country, HEALTHeLINK, a regional health information exchange (HIE) in western New York, has adopted a cloud-based image storage and exchange
Researchers create interactive tool to predict likelihood of death
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified 16 prognostic scales that can be used to estimate the life expectancy of older adults with a fair degree of accuracy.
Health attorney advises providers to set clear policies on social media
In Part II of a blog post on how providers should approach social media, attorney and healthcare expert David Harlow covers professional responsibility, malpractice liability, "daily deal" websites
Construction of countywide EHR part of larger national IT program
A project to deliver healthcare and social services more cost-effectively to a Medicaid population will seek to build a countywide electronic health record in Minneapolis, according to an article in
Cloud computing in healthcare: the question is not if, but when
From the big technology vendors--Microsoft, Google, IBM, AT&T, et al.--comes the drumbeat of exhortations: "to the cloud, to the cloud!" Some industries have already decided that that's the way
