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Facebook and PHI storage: A bad idea
Could Facebook succeed as a platform for personal health record storage? Not likely, says Healthcare Technology Online 's Ken Congdon, who cites the company's business model and its infamous privacy policy problems as reasons why healthcare providers shouldn't even consider the thought.
Report: Securing protected health information 'not always a top priority'
A comprehensive new report released this week, outlines the fragile state of patient information security, offering up a five-step methodology to help healthcare CIOs and CEOs determine the right
How to handle sticky social media situations
"Almost universally when speaking to physicians and healthcare administrators, social media is seen from the perspective of risk and fear," said pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. Bryan Vartabedian in
Patient privacy, message flow critical to your facility's mHealth efforts
Using SMS/text messaging to communicate with patients may be the next big thing in mHealth. But you can't just create a pithy message and push "send." According to digital marketing firm
Industry groups launch initiative to examine impact of breached PHI
Healthcare organizations looking for better ways to protect their patient information and to understand the financial harm that can occur when protected health information (PHI) is lost or stolen may
Will HITECH portion of stimulus strengthen HIPAA?
It's only been a few days since the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a report explaining how it would meet new HIPAA privacy and security rules specified in
