MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hippa'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098218&cid=t_102067_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator-2%2Fmaximize-your-practice-with-maxdent-pro%2F Computers should make our lives easier, but sometimes, they introduce a whole new set of complications. If you’re a Mac user, you know this all too well. You love the machine itself, but have become frustrated trying to find software options that fit your needs. Enter DDSMac, LLC. This group of dentists formed a business to provide software products that are fast, intuitive, feature rich, and just for Mac users like you! DDSMac, LLC was born when a group of dentists who had a common goal –to grow their practices using the best technology available –met on the Internet Dental Forum. For them, Mac was the clear choice. However, they soon found there were extremely limited choices in the dental software department. Something had to be done! Work immediately began on a practice managemen... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098218 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:39:16 +0100 4098218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726764&cid=t_102067_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F05%2F5-twitter-tips-for-hospital-marketers%2F [1] HIPPA compliance :: Dont mention information which can identify patients. Dont write anything where a patient could identify themselves. [2] Share information :: If you find a good article share it! ReTweet blogs or relevant information. Respond and acknowledge mentions … you have earned them! [3] Think easy & simple :: Try not to use medical jargon. Patients dont always understand. Dont use a big complicated word when a shorter and simpler one will do. If you need to clarify a complex procedure link to your blog or healthcare website. [4] Know your patient base :: Determine who your follower will be before you start your blog or website. Aim your posts or articles to align to what they would like to hear. Your twitter account may rank high in search engine results so you wan... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726764 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:35:23 +0100 3726764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3618073&cid=t_102067_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F31%2F1st-hippa-violator-ucla-school-of-medicine%2F UCLA researcher, Huping Zhou, snooped patient records after being told he was going to be fired. He looked up records of his supervisor and co-workers, and eventually expanded the snooping to celebrities. In all, 323 records were compromised. Zhou pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in jail, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office. (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3618073 Mon, 31 May 2010 20:51:05 +0100 3618073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865811&cid=t_102067_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fis-your-data-safe-5-tips-for-data-security-in-your-dental-practice%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Protecting patient data is a critical part of the modern dental practice – especially in light of HIPAA requirements. How does this translate into daily operations at your practice? Tom Terronez of Medix Dental has put together some tips to make sure you are doing all you can to protect your patient’s data… 1. Are you emailing patient information and digital x-rays to other doctors? Make sure that your office and the receiving office utilize encrypted email services. If you don’t, your data can easily be read on its path from your practice to theirs. HIPAA states that you are responsible for making a reasonable attempt at protecting your data. 2. Do you have a wireless router in your office? If you are using wireless Internet for internal purposes, make sure your router is a curren... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865811 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:42:53 +0100 2865811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584326&cid=t_102067_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fmakers-of-tysabri-report-another-case-of-pml%2F As Americans prepared to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence, another declaration was being proffered by the makers of Tysabri.  Another case of PML has been reported in a multiple sclerosis patient taking their drug. Citing HIPPA regulations and international privacy concerns, nothing much is being said about the condition of the patient or a prognosis. The company did, however, offer a one page summary of the use of the drug (both in the USA and abroad) as of March of this year along with rudimentary information of the 10 reported cases of PML. I’ll not belabor the conversation of if/when to make a change to the drug.  Most people have made their own decisions (and I am still in the process of making mine).  PML is one of the factors to be... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584326 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:18:39 +0100 2584326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1974925&cid=t_102067_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fdentists-doctors-putting-patients-private-information-at-risk%2F An article published today at MedicalNewsToday.com says US patient security guidelines, even with HIPPA, are lax compared to Europe’s. Even so, digital devices such as PDAs, cell phones, and laptops are being used by medical professionals worldwide to store patient records, medical images, and other private information that shoud be secured. The article, “Patient Information Could Be Left To Haemorrhage From Mobile Devices, Survey Shows,” says that in the UK, one fifth of healthcare workers use personal electronic devices to store work-related information. Simple password protection, which 35% of UK respondents in the survey admitted to using, is not sufficient security. Six percent claimed to not even use a password, and in the US it’s worse, at 18 percent. The... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1974925 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:24:46 +0100 1974925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1812153&cid=t_102067_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fwheels-are-turnin-blogworldexpo-09.html It’s not “maybe” anymore. We’re on. Put in your vacation requests. Get a passport if you need one. Sign up for those extra shifts. Arrange for coverage while you’re gone. October 15 - 17, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada. The medical/health blogosphere will have a full track of presentations at BlogWorldExpo09. The missing ingredient is you. ******************** The luncheon was great - ten of us were present, they put out enough food for fifty! But we did more than eat. We talked. And brainstormed. And realized that we had more than enough topics to cover eight sessions over two days. We tried to think of as many areas of the health blogosphere as possible. We looked at the suggestions made on Doctor Anonymous’ BlogTalkRadio show. We tried to provide unique cont... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1812153 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:47:31 +0100 1812153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1175029&cid=t_102067_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F222315652%2F I also shared this over at A Hearty Life this morning but it is a good find so I must share it here as well…I don’t know how I feel about all this, that is for sure. As I read on TechCrunch this morning, it seems that a login page for Google Health was spotted and will be Google’s entry into online health records. You can not actually login here yet, but it does offer up… With Google Health, you can: * Build online health profiles that belong to you * Download medical records from doctors and pharmacies * Get personalized health guidance and relevant news * Find qualified doctors and connect to time-saving services * Share selected information with family or caregivers I know that this is not specific to diabetes and but it does have the potential to touch each and every one ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1175029 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:26:45 +0100 1175029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1174993&cid=t_102067_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F222312069%2F I don’t know how I feel about all this, that is for sure. As I read on TechCrunch this morning, it seems that a login page for Google Health was spotted and will be Google’s entry into online health records. You can not actually login here yet, but it does offer up… With Google Health, you can: * Build online health profiles that belong to you * Download medical records from doctors and pharmacies * Get personalized health guidance and relevant news * Find qualified doctors and connect to time-saving services * Share selected information with family or caregivers I know that this is not specific to heart disease and cardiac findings but it does have the potential to touch each and every one of us that is active in today’s health care system which is… everyon... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1174993 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:18:32 +0100 1174993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156768&cid=t_102067_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fplaying-doctor.html photo credit-Brendan Adkinscreative commons license***Disclaimer-I am not a lawyer, so only a fool would take anything I say as legal advice ***On a local autism list that I am on, someone wanted to go observe in one of the special ed classrooms, but was told that they couldn't, because it would be a HIPAA violation.Huh???It never ceases to amaze me what utter nonsense people will spew at times, especially if it serves to cover their own butt in some way.HIPAA (for all of those outside the US, and anyone inside that US that has been asleep for the past several years, stands for Health Insurance Portability and Acountability Act. It is a law passed by congress in 1996 in the US that (amongst other things) is supposed to ensure that your private medical information stays private (except from... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156768 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:49:00 +0100 1156768