Infographic created by TrueVault illustrates the rise of HIPAA violations providing a picture of the regulatory landscape along with the type of complaints, breaches and fines that occur due to HIPAA violations.
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68% of Healthcare Data Breaches Due to Device Loss or Theft, Not Hacking
68 percent of all healthcare data breaches since 2010 are due to device theft or loss, according to the 2014 Healthcare Breach Report from Bitglass. Despite the recent headlines of hacker attacks to hospitals, only 23 percent of healthcare data breaches were a result of cybercriminals compromising networks and exfiltrating data. The findings come from analyzing data on the United States Department of Health and Human Services' "The Wall of Shame," a database of breach disclosures required as
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HHS Appoints Members to Health Information Technology Policy & Standards Committees
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today appointed a new member to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) and renewed appointments for three members of the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC). The federal advisory committees are responsible for recommending policies and technologies needed to implement a nationwide health information technology infrastructure and strategic plan.
Committee Background
The two federal advisory committees were
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Will the DoD Create Another Frankenstein EHR?
Will the DoD create another Frankenstein EHR monster? Don't trick us with dead data, treat us with middleware connectivity, Dr. Donald Voltz writes.
While many children will trick or treat, the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization closes its bidding process today to replace their current EHR for active-duty personal and their families. The current system, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) will be replaced with a commercial system and the
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Like Scorpions, Closed EHR Systems Cause Paralysis
Take a step back from the challenges that surround health information technology (HIT) interoperability and you will recognize that market forces and a desperately fragmented health care system make hospitals and vendors act the way we do.
It calls to mind the fable of the scorpion and the frog, which is worth revisiting.
Wanting to cross a river, a scorpion spies a frog in the water and asks for a ride to the other side. Naturally afraid of being stung and killed, the frog hesitates, but is
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Cleveland Clinic Reveals Top 10 Medical Innovations For 2015
Cleveland Clinic today announced its 9th annual list of Top 10 Medical Innovations that are likely to have major impact on improving patient care in 2015. The list includes a mobile stroke ambulance, fast, painless blood-testing, and a novel intra-operative radiation approach for breast cancer.
The list of up-and-coming technologies and drug therapies was selected by a panel of 110 Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists and announced during Cleveland Clinic’s 2014 Medical Innovation
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36 Positive Signs of Health IT Adoption Progress
Earlier this month, the ONC and HHS submitted their annual report to Congress highlighting the progress and accomplishments advancing health IT adoption. Driven by the HITECH Act passed in 2009, there has been significant advancements in health IT adoption among providers.
Here are 36 positive signs of health IT adoption progress highlighted in the report:
1. In 2013, 59 percent of hospitals and 48 percent of physicians had at least a basic EHR system, respective increases of
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Optum to Acquire Alere Health for $600M
Optum, United Health Group Inc's health-services arm has announced it will acquire Alere Health and its subsidiaries for $600 million in cash, WSJ first reports. The acquisition will expand Optum's population health management footprint of health management services to improve care delivery. The deal will become Optum's third acquisition this year.
Alere Health provides case management and wellness services used by more than 200 regional and local health plans, 89 Fortune 500 companies, and
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Landmark Rulings Protect Hospitals Against Security Data Breaches
In two landmark cases, two of California's largest and most prestigious healthcare providers, Eisenhower Medical Center and Sutter Health, have fended off law suits following security data breaches that could have cost in aggregate billions of dollars, according to a release statement from Beazley Insurance Services.
In the first case, a $500 million class action suit against Eisenhower Medical Center, the California Court of Appeal ruled that healthcare providers are not liable under the
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Partners HealthCare CEO To Step Down in 2015
Partners HealthCare CEO Gary Gottlieb announced on Friday that he will step down next year as the chief executive officer of Partners Healthcare to become the new CEO of Boston based nonprofit Partners in Healh, BostonGlobe first reports. Gottlieb has held the job for five years and has five more years left on his contract. Gottlieb plans to remain fully in charge as CEO until his departure in July 2015 leading the Partner's pending settlement to take over South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and
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