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Medical Imaging Could Be Revolutionized by iPad - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
Experts in the medical community are excited about how Apple’s iPad could be used in a medical capacity to streamline the medical imaging process. In June, Japanese doctors pioneered the use of iPad as an imaging assistant during surgery, but practical uses could go even deeper.
“iPads can theoretically contain the entire electronic record of the patient’s imaging experience, and can be handed along the workflow as needed,” said Paul Merrild, senior VP of marketing and business development at imaging IT vendor Merge Healthcare. “At the end, the iPad has potential to provide a nice teaching and communication tool between the radiologist, referring physician and the patient.”
For doctors, the iPad could make a big difference in the process of reviewing images, going over reports and medical records, and helping to explain to patients the extent of their illness with a helpful visual guide. The long battery life, the always-on nature of the device, and the high-quality screen are what endear the iPad to doctors over similar devices in the product category.
While the iPad excels in certain everyday uses for radiologists, the hardware isn’t developed enough for them to use it to replace the displays they currently use to make diagnoses. The brightness of the iPad display is still a fraction of what radiologists’ primary interpretation displays can handle, and the screen still isn’t up to the resolution standards radiologists would need to replace their current hardware.
More importantly, the iPad does not provide enough security to comply with HIPAA regulations regarding patient privacy. Hospital IT departments are reportedly already hard at work devising ways that patients’ medical information could be stored on a remote web server and streamed to an iPad as needed.
“So, the iPad will need some software changes to find a niche in healthcare, because it will need to be a locked-down, tightly controlled IT asset accessible safely by multiple users — in that regard, it’s not there yet,” said Robert Taylor, president and CEO of TeraRecon, an advanced visualization vendor.
The benefits of using the iPad in this capacity are clear, making it just a matter of ironing out the kinks. Don’t be surprised then if you walk into a hospital in a few years and find it full of iPad-toting doctors.
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HIPAA encryption: meeting today's regulations - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
Sang Lee, senior security analyst, AlertBootJune 30, 2010 Print Email Reprint PermissionsFont Size: A | A | A
There are a couple of reasons for this increased focus on encryption.
First, the U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance wherein "unsecure protected health information (PHI)" is essentially any PHI that is not encrypted or destroyed. Under this definition, it doesn't matter how many chains, walls, doors, biometric gizmos and guards with lethal weapons you have at your service. As long as PHI is not encrypted, it is considered unsecured.
A second and more compelling reason why encryption is now a requirement is the introduction of HITECH's breach notification initiative, which requires HIPAA-covered entities to send notification letters if there is a breach of unsecured PHI. However, as HHS pointed out, the use of encryption grants safe harbor in the event of a breach because encrypted PHI is not unsecured PHI.
Oddly enough, in the same breath, HHS also notes that "covered entities and business associates are not required to follow the guidance." However, cleaning up the mess behind a breach notification can cost millions of dollars, so one would have to be supremely confident — or reckless — in not taking advantage of the encryption safe harbor. With such mixed signals, though, it is not hard to see why encryption is called a de facto requirement.
What type of encryption?
Since encryption means different things to different people, an important question is "what type of encryption should I use?"
In the past, companies offered hard drives that used strong encryption. However, analysis showed that strong encryption was used but only to protect the password and not the data that was stored on the devices. The actual data stored on the hard drive was encrypted with an encryption algorithm developed by the company, which proved to be anything but strong.
This illustrates the potential pitfalls of choosing any type of encryption package — a lack of strong, secure encryption. Obviously, some encryption programs do a better job of protecting data than others, but how can a company choose the right one?
HHS does not provide any guidance in this area, and that is a smart move. HHS does many things, but it is not in the position to determine the technical requirements that would separate strong from weak encryption. Instead, HHS defers to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to direct organizations to a number of special publications on the subject.
The publications are endless, tedious documents which are long on theory and short on technical requirements. However, a little detective work leads to concrete specifications that one can work with.
While these requirements are for federal agencies, they could also serve as a great guide for private practices. Since HHS deferred to NIST when it comes to encryption, companies need to meet the expectations of what NIST considers "proper" encryption for sensitive data.
Further proof that HHS deferred to NIST is found in the guidance, where encryption for "data at rest" and "data in motion" are specifically mentioned. The latter refers to data going through networks, including wireless networks. The former refers to data that is stored: laptops, external hard drives, CDs or DVDs, backup tapes, etc.
Data in motion
Of the two, encrypting data in motion is more straightforward: Valid encryption processes must "comply with the requirements of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140–2." While there are many technical requirements involved, many vendors offer products that are FIPS 140-2 validated, so finding such a solution is easy.
Organizations must look for a solution that is FIPS140-2 validated, not FIPS140-2 certified. The former means that NIST evaluated, and validated, the encryption. The latter is used interchangeably with the former, but is technically meaningless and is mostly marketing speak. While encryption is in the spirit of NIST's requirements, it hasn't been validated.
Data at rest
Finding appropriate data at rest encryption requires a little digging. According to the suggested NIST publication — Special Publication 800–111, Guide to Storage Encryption Technologies for End User Devices — "Federal agencies must use FIPS-approved algorithms contained in validated cryptographic modules. Whenever possible, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) should be used for the encryption algorithm because of its strength and speed."
Also, a footnote makes reference to NIST SP 800-57, "Recommendation for Key Management," and notes that it "provides detailed information on key management planning, algorithm selection and appropriate key sizes, cryptographic policy and cryptographic module selection."
This information is relegated to a footnote. This is unfortunate since this publication is what most HIPAA-covered entities are looking for. As organizations review section 5.6.2 of the publication, they can identify encryption algorithms that are valid for use, the minimum key sizes and the length of their validity. In addition, examples are given on how all of the above comes together, and summarized in a table. Any encryption weaker than this, and you might not be covered.
HIPAA-covered entities can expect safe harbor if, and only if, they adhere to these strict standards and guidelines. The fact that a company's data is encrypted is meaningless without taking into account the NIST requirements. Organizations that properly adhere to HIPAA standards understand the impact of breach notifications. By proactively leveraging the proper encryption technologies, companies of all sizes can avoid these breach notifications while ensuring the security of their sensitive data.
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Health IT Study: Meaningful Use Separates ‘Haves’ from ‘Have-Nots’ - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
Written by Molly Mulrain Health IT, Latest News Jul 1, 2010 While the healthcare reform comes with many changes, one of its key advancements that will innovate the way healthcare operates is the implementation of electronic health records.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, signed by President Barack Obama in 2009, is ready to hand out $36 billion in incentive payments to providers who implement EHR systems – as long as they comply with a new set of regulatory metrics called meaningful use.
A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute found some health systems are finding it difficult to achieve meaningful use requirements, but the benefits of achieving it heavily outweigh the challenges.
According to the study, which surveyed 120 CIOs and health IT executives, the requirements of meaningful use of EHRs are vital in ensuring the new IT systems are effective and systematic. It states that leveraging meaningful use could potentially “create strategic opportunities, align with physicians and health insurers, and engage and empower patients.”
While all providers do not need to fall under the meaningful-use requirements, the ones that do receive government funding. The analyses demonstrated, “A typical 500-bed hospital demonstrating MU by 2011 could receive more than $6 million in Medicare incentive payments, and individual physicians could receive up to $44,000.”
However, the survey showed a common set of barriers that are keeping CIOs from achieving meaningful-use requirements. The four obstacles health systems face on the road to meaningful use are the lack of clarity on meaningful use standards, the shortage of skilled staff, vendor readiness, and questionable existing infrastructure capabilities.
“Even though the incentives represent the government’s largest investment in health IT, only half of hospital CIOs surveyed by PwC said they would be ready to apply for those incentives in 2011, the first year they become available,” the researchers reported. “One reason is that many hospitals are too far behind the curve.”
The researchers presented five “mile markers” to guide health systems in marking their progress on the road to meaningful use. These mile markers include: the establishment of governance of meaningful use achievement, the balancing of competing priorities of time lines, making new public-private partnerships, making the patient the purpose and collaboration between physicians and health insurers.
Their findings revealed that without these alignments, organizations may not be able to keep up with IT changes. They will ultimately be absorbed by “those who can.” Through this transformational effort, the way the health system delivers care will be drastically changed.
“MU will separate the haves and have-nots. Those organizations that survive will achieve alignment in strategy, quality, the physician community, and finances,” said Daniel Morreale, vice president of regional health information organization development at AtlantiCare. “The others will fall by the wayside due to poor quality, inability to engage physicians, and inadequate finances.”
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CMS Unveils New Website on ‘Meaningful Use’ Incentives - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
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Last Monday, CMS launched a new website intended to help health care providers better understand the criteria to meet federal requirements for the “meaningful use” of electronic health record systems, Government Health IT reports.
Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs will qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments (Mosquera, Government Health IT, 6/21).
Website visitors can download fact sheets detailing the proposed program requirements and the proposed definition of meaningful use.
The site also clarifies various terms, such as “eligible professional” and “certification,” that are included in the HITECH Act (McKinney, Modern Healthcare, 6/21).
In addition, the site includes:
An overview of the incentive program;
Information about what health care providers are eligible for incentive payments;
Information on how to register for the program; and
Guidance on what health care providers can do to prepare for meaningful use.
CMS also said that it would use the website to publicize EHR training and events related to the incentive program (Government Health IT, 6/21).
According to Modern Healthcare, the website will offer more specific information about the incentive eligibility requirements after CMS issues the final rule on the EHR incentive programs later this summer (Modern Healthcare, 6/21).
Source: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/6/22/cms-unveils-new-website-on-meaningful-use-incentives.aspx
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A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
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In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
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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
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CMS to integrate PQRI, EHR meaningful use programs - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed a proposed rule last week addressing changes to the Medicare Part B physician payment fee schedule for calendar year 2011, including the integration of Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and the EMR incentive program.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires CMS, by no later than Jan. 1, 2012, to develop a plan to integrate reporting on quality measures under PQRI with reporting requirements relating to the meaningful use of EHRs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
“In an effort to align PQRI with the EHR incentive program, we propose to include many ARRA core clinical quality measures in the PQRI program, to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR and quality of care furnished to individuals,” stated the proposed rule, filed on June 25. “We propose the selection of these measures to meet the requirements of planning the integration of PQRI and EHR reporting.”
The proposed rule is expected to be published in the Federal Register on July 13, according to the organization, and is currently available in the Federal Register’s Public Inspection Desk for public comment. Comments will be accepted for 60 days after the date of filing for public inspection at the Office of the Federal Register.
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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
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CMS to Publish “Meaningful Use” Final Rule by July 14 - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
According to a report on FierceEMR.com, the CMS has announced that by July 14 it will release its final ruling on the EMR “meaningful use” standards which will finally spell out just how healthcare providers can become eligible for the HITECH (Healthcare Information for Electronic and Clinical Health) Act financial incentive payments.
In addition, it will presumably unveil its plan for aligning its Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) with the EMR financial incentives program.
“We propose to include many ARRA core clinical quality measures in the PQRI program, to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR and quality of care furnished to individuals,” CMS states in an advanced copy of the proposed reg, CMIO magazine reports. “We propose the selection of these measures to meet the requirements of planning the integration of PQRI and EHR reporting.”
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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
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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:
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Training
Maintenance
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CHIME: EHR certification criteria could change with time - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
The government’s certification program for health IT will continue to evolve over time, according to a review of the recently released final rule for the temporary certification program, released last week by the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME).
The temporary program to certify EHR technology went into effect on June 24, and it will be replaced by the permanent certification program as soon as Dec. 31, 2011. However, CHIME found that the recently released final rule suggests that EHR will need to be certified on an ongoing basis, and that meaningful use criteria are likely to evolve over time.
“Regardless of the year and meaningful use stage at which an eligible professional or eligible hospital enters the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, the certified EHR technology that they would need to use would have to include the capabilities necessary to meet the most current certification criteria,” according to the temporary certification rule.
While the industry is uncertain about the final shape of the meaningful use objectives that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will choose, the temporary certification final rule suggests that Stage 1 criteria could become tougher over time, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CHIME stated.
CHIME’s interpretation of the rule suggests that, although Stage 1 criteria will be finalized soon, it is possible future rule-making could include updates to the Stage 1 criteria, said Pamela McNutt, senior vice president and CIO at Dallas-based Methodist Health System and chair of CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee.
The final rules for temporary certification don’t require recertification for HIT product updates and “fixes” that don’t adversely affect meaningful use criteria. However, a product may be certified if there are any concerns about changes in an application that could affect its ability to achieve meaningful use objectives.
In addition, the authorized testing and certification bodies (ATCBs) recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) cannot require that integrated bundled EHRs or EHR modules be certified to a higher set of standards than the certification criteria set by the ONC. CHIME viewed this clarification as a positive result of the commenting process that caused ONC to re-evaluate the proposed rule.
CHIME also positively viewed provisions in the final regulation that call for ATCBs to provide remote testing of applications. The regulations state that an application need not be live at a customer’s site before it is tested, opening the way for testing of applications at vendors’ facilities.
The organization still is concerned that a product’s certification can be revoked for some “Type 1” violations by an ATCB that would prompt questions about the integrity of the certification of those products. If a product loses certification, a healthcare organization would have 120 days to secure a certified product, either by the vendor having its product re-certified by a different ATCB or installing another certified product.
While the loss of a product’s certification is unlikely, any such occurrence will probably affect hundreds of provider organizations and could place them under extreme stress to resolve the issue quickly, CHIME said.
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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, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, 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
Health IT panel scrutinizes 2013 quality measures - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
By Mary Mosquera
Friday, July 02, 2010
Even before healthcare providers begin to demonstrate the first set of meaningful use requirements next year, federal health IT policymakers are already working on how high to set the bar for providers to qualify for the next round of financial incentives payments in 2013.
One set of criteria – that providers show the use of health IT to healthcare quality outcomes – will appear in progressively more sophisticated stages. A tenet of meaningful use, quality measures are expected ultimately to help providers both hone their treatment protocols and lower healthcare costs.
The National Quality Forum (NQF), a performance improvement organization, is currently looking at several sources of quality data from which to identify categories of measurement and to weigh the readiness of providers to them into widespread use.
The results of the “fast track” NQF project will help inform discussions by the federal Health IT Policy and Standards committees when they take up future quality measures in September, according to Janet Corrigan, chairman of the Health IT Standards Committee clinical quality work group and the chief executive of NFQ.
“As we look to 2013 and 2015, ideally we would want to look across the full longitudinal care episodes,” said Corrigan. “In 2011, all our measures are siloed and not across settings,” she said at a standards committee meeting June 30.
For instance, providers should not only look at readmissions in their own facility but across the community and patient outcomes and total cost of care over six months or 12 months, she said.
By showing how they track selected meaningful use quality measures to improve outcomes, such as measuring the reduction in hypertension through periodic blood pressure testing, providers will qualify for incentive payments under the HITECH Act.
To gauge what types of future measures may be more useful than others, NQF is combing through comments that the public made in response to the proposed meaningful use rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Beacon Communities have also started to assemble a list of measures that focus on particular conditions, such as diabetes, “which all the communities have identified as one they want to push on,” Corrigan said.
The Office of the National Coordinator awarded grants to 15 communities around the country where adoption of electronic health records is substantially underway and can serve as models for other locales.
NQF also has conducted a survey of the quality measures that nine healthcare systems, including Geisinger Health System and Mayo Clinic, monitor. In addition to measures tracking diabetes, hypertension and obesity, which are already included in the proposed 2011 meaningful use measures, these health systems are highlighting measures to reduce hospital-based infections and enhance patient safety and accurate medication management, she said.
NQF also has sponsored a discussion group, called the Gretsky Group, named after the ice hockey great Wayne Gretsky, “to think about where the puck is going in 2015 and then work back to 2013 measures,” Corrigan said.
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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, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, 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
Why HIPAA Privacy Training is Required? - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
HIPAA and Privacy Rules
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 transformed the way that healthcare providers manage patients' personal information. HIPAA has not only set the ground rules for sharing patient records between clinics and insurance companies, it has also created a vast new standard for ensuring the privacy of personal medical information.
The privacy rules under HIPAA lay down requirements with respect to the use and disclosure of protected health information as well as provide patients and research subjects with certain rights related to their protected health information.
Why HIPAA Privacy Training is Required?
HIPAA Privacy Training helps to comprehend the HIPAA law requirement for Privacy rule & basic overview on HIPAA security rule and guide you on how to make your organization HIPAA compliant. The Training offered includes changes to the HIPAA regulation due to Health Information Technology
for Economic and Clinical Health ( HITECH ) Act which is part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This HIPAA training will give you advanced competency in designing, implementing, and administering comprehensive privacy protection programs in all types of healthcare organizations.
Who needs HIPAA Privacy Training?
•All key members of a health care provider privacy compliance team
•Compliance team for HIPAA Privacy
•Business associate Privacy compliance officer
•Professionals servicing Healthcare Industry
•Healthcare executives
•Healthcare service bureau executives
•Lawyers involved in healthcare
•HIPAA Privacy Compliance officers
•Pharmaceutical company executives and HIPAA compliance staff
•Insurance executives
•Clinical physicians and office managers
•Healthcare quality assurance and risk managers
•Clinical trial organization executives
•Business Associates to covered entities
HIPAA Privacy Training offered by us is a simplified training program that will assist you to understand the HIPAA law requirement for Privacy rule & basic overview on HIPAA security rule in detail. Keeping in mind your convenience, we offer both Class Room Training Programs as well as Online Training Programs.
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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, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, 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
Physicians may be responsible when employees commit HIPAA violations - July 5, 2010
Orlando Florida
Dr. Eczema has a very large dermatology practice. He also regularly performs studies on new treatments for a variety of dermatoses. Because he has been doing these studies for more than 10 years, he has accumulated both demographic and physical data on thousands of patients. All data is stored in his HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record (EMR) system.
Recently, one of the pharmaceutical companies with which Dr. Eczema works contacted his research nurse to ask her to provide the company with a copy of all of this electronic data. The company wants to use this data to develop better treatments for atopic dermatitis. Trying to be helpful, the nurse gives the pharmaceutical company all of the data in question.
Not long after, one of Dr. Eczema's other employees finds out about this transfer of data. Because of her ill feelings toward her fellow employee, she tells some friends about what has occurred. One of these friends is a former research patient in Dr. Eczema's office, and she is furious at this breach of her medical privacy. She hires an attorney who reaches out to Dr. Eczema. The attorney tells Dr. Eczema that he will sue him for a HIPAA violation unless he settles with his client for $100,000. Should Dr. Eczema settle this case? Should he pay the $100,000?
Electronic future is now
EMR is here to stay. In spite of all the benefits offered by electronic medical records, their use has also introduced a number of problems and issues. Perhaps the most important of these are the potential privacy breaches associated with electronic record and data storage. As more personal information, such as school records, credit card information and bank account data goes online and is stored electronically, people seem to have become more accustomed to accepting the risks associated with storing personal data this way, especially in view of the convenience and other benefits that this method offers. Medical records, however, are possibly the most private and personal information available about a person, and therefore are subject to unique privacy and security concerns.
While breaches of other personal data are intrusive and potentially harmful, medical records are unique by their very nature. Once private medical information is breached, it is nearly impossible to mitigate the potentially associated harm.
In view of these concerns, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its associated regulations. Under HIPAA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority to adopt standards for HIPAA-specified entities to follow in protecting, using and disclosing patients' medical information and records. In the act, Congress listed the following parties as covered entities subject to the HHS-adopted standards: health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers who transmit any health information in electronic form in connection with specified financial and administrative transactions.
Using its congressionally delegated authority, HHS enacted regulations commonly referred to collectively as the "Privacy Rule," which took effect April 14, 2003. This rule established specific obligations for covered entities regarding the safekeeping and privacy of protected health information.
The Privacy Rule defines protected health information (PHI) as medical information that is "individually identifiable" as pertaining to a specific patient. Individually identifiable information includes health information that is maintained in any form or medium; relates to, identifies or could identify the person that the health information concerns; and is transmitted or maintained by a covered entity. More specifically, the Privacy Rule covers information that a patient's doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers put in his/her medical record; conversations a doctor has about a patient's care or treatment with nurses and others; information about a patient in his health insurer's computer system; billing information about a patient at his/her office; and most other health information about a patient that is held by covered entities.
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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, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, 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
