Advancement in Technology and the Changing Landscape of Information Security in Health InformationPosted by: Admin : Category: it security - May 28, 2010
Orlando Florida --The advent of the Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) holds the potential to alter the paradigm of medical care. In this modern age a patient’s information or lab results can be zipped to a Dr.’s phone where he can analyze them instantly. Nurses can enter/retrieve notes and findings on a patient’s emergency room treatment from a nurses’ station, a laptop or a portable device from anywhere in the hospital, rather than waiting for the paper chart to make its tortuous way up several stories to the patient’s room. And, perhaps within the next few years, a patient’s information can be sent anywhere in a matter of seconds.
Yet, these technological advances carry significant challenges in security, as electronic information is subject to loss or alteration to a far greater extent than paper records. HIPAA law, in the form of the Security Rule, addresses some of these issues, in support of the goal of privacy and reliability of electronic health information. The Privacy and Security Rules of HIPAA total almost 1000 pages, and while the legal, administrative and technical protection themes are not complicated, deciphering them and implementing action plans requires HIPAA lawyers to work in tandem with HIPAA consulting entities to prepare policies and procedures which will provide the requisite level of security. This is no small challenge in an age where s two-inch USB, or “thumb” drive can hold thousands of pages of medical information, and can slip from one’s pocket as easily as the change which often turns up under the couch cushions. Moreover, in a world of social networking, it is not uncommon for individuals to do things they wouldn’t normally do in a professional setting forgetting that electronic mediums like the internet make information (sensitive or otherwise) boundless. Once it goes out, it can go anywhere. Facebook, MySpace, and even text messaging are all important considerations with regard to new regulations and Privacy issues.
The HIPAA Security Rule addresses these worries in requiring that Protected Health Information (“PHI”) be encrypted during storage as well as during transmission, in accordance with the principles put in place in a Guidance published by the Department of health and human services during April, 2009. DHHS has been mandated, by the revisions to health insurance portability and accountability act in the HITECH Act, to make periodic “spot audits” of hospitals with regard to privacy and security. Evidently, a hospital ought to obtain its HIPAA lawyers in the facility working on security safeguards way before this kind of an assessment takes place.
HIPAA consulting entities, running with a group comprising IT, Records, Legal in addition to the outside HIPAA lawyers ought to embark upon a healthcare compliance security initiative by assessing existing security technical protections as well as administrative security processes (i.e., how electronic health information is used and transmitted), revising those protocols when needed, as well as teaching the staff on implementation of the new policies and procedures. HIPAA law, in 2010, is one of the key principles of healthcare compliance, and the hospital will accomplish the requisite standard most cost-effectively by commencing bringing together the HIPAA lawyers and health insurance portability and accountability act consulting teams with the hospital stakeholders early enough to realize workable tactics in information security.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
