The nurse in Dallas that “did not tell” her fellow workers that the Ebola patient had been to Liberia left me totally astounded as to her incompetence — until this morning’s issue of Out Patient Surgery Magazine that announced the truth. She was not necessarily at fault — it was the electronic medical record (the … Read more
Have you ever noticed that part in the Meaningful Use standards that requires an annual risk assessment of EMR security? Privacy professionals have stressed the risk assessment as critical to both meaningful use and HIPAA/HITECH compliance, but healthcare organizations tend to procrastinate on taking the time, effort, or money to do and up-date the assessments. … Read more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule August 28 that allows health care providers more flexibility in how they use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (CEHRT) to meet meaningful use reporting requirements. CMS modified the standards as reports surfaced that many providers were planning on dropping out of the … Read more