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How Do You Define Professionalism?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion The American Academy of Pediatrics states “[p]rofessionalism has been a central and defining feature in medicine….Pediatricians have a special status in society as priviledged and trusted advocates for the well-being of children. Pediatricians have a responsibility to use their knowledge, skills, and influence to advocate for children and their interests in all domains of society, not just in health care.” The American Board of Pediatrics has endorsed eight components of professionalism for teaching and evaluation of resident physicians. These are: honesty and integrity, reliability and respons...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 9, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info

New Health Privacy Regulations Spark DebateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Information Week reports that the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a rule to "beef up penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA)." But the rule has generated complaints from a bipartisan group of congressmen, who argue it leaves loopholes and doesn't properly determine when privacy has been breached. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

Archiving technology to underpin disaster recovery for South Jersey HealthcareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
South Jersey Healthcare will deploy archiving technology for data protection and disaster recovery of vital e-mail data. The nonprofit, integrated healthcare system, which serves 375,000 residents throughout southern New Jersey, has selected technology from Santa Clara, Calif.-based Mimosa Systems as part of its comprehensive archiving strategy to facilitate HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only California Mimosa Systems New Jersey Santa Clara VINELAND Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news

HHS requests comments on beefed up HIPAA enforcement abilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an interim final rule with request for comments to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the modified version of HIPAA. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

HHS requests comments on beefed up HIPAA enforcement abilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an interim final rule with request for comments to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the modified version of HIPAA. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 3, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

HHS Strengthens HIPAA EnforcementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

HHS Strengthens HIPAA EnforcementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments last week to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 2, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

HIPAA violators could face fines of up to $1.5MEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued an interim final rule to strengthen enforcement and increase penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, modified the penalties that the HHS could impose for violations of the HIPAA rules. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only mobile technology Georgina Verdugo Industry News information technology US Department of Health and Human Services Washington Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Source Type: news

HHS Strengthens Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Enforcement, USAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 1, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule; Request for CommentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comments are being requested by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the adoption of this interim final rule to conform the enforcement regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to the effective statutory revisions made pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info

RelayHealth launches HIPAA 5010 testing program for payersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health plans worried about the costs involved in switching to the ANSA X12 version of HIPAA 5010 compliance services now have a new testing tool at their disposal. RelayHealth, the connectivity subsidiary of Atlanta-based McKesson, has announced the availability of its TestTrack5010 solution to payers. The Web-based tool allows health plans to test the processing of HIPAA 5010 medical claims, eligibility and other transactions using their own production data. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Atlanta Industry News McKesson RelayHealth Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news

MedUnity's Public National Health Information Exchange Now Supports e-FaxingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MedUnity announces the newest release of SMREx Health Information Exchange. With SMREx, MedUnity offers a new HIE delivery model which makes it easy and affordable for any sized medical practices to participate in the sweeping changes now occurring within the U.S. Healthcare system as a result of the ARRA's Health Information & Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. SMREx was the first National Public Health Information Exchange for the HIPAA-compliant electronic delivery of electronic medical records information starting in 2005. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: e-faxing EAST SANDWICH Industry News U.S. healthcare Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Source Type: news

Conducting Molecular Epidemiological Research in the Age of HIPAA: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer in African-American and European-American WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Breast cancer in African-American (AA) women occurs at an earlier age than in European-American (EA) women and is more likely to have aggressive features associated with poorer prognosis, such as high-grade and negative estrogen receptor (ER) status. The mechanisms underlying these differences are unknown. To address this, we conducted a case-control study to evaluate risk factors for high-grade ER- disease in both AA and EA women. With the onset of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, creative measures were needed to adapt case ascertainment and contact procedures to this new environment of pat...
Source: Journal of Oncology - October 25, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: journals

HITECH ACT Mandates New Patient Privacy Requirements on Labs and Pathology GroupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Labs Must Report Privacy Breaches of 500 or More to the Media Call it HITECH collides with HIPAA! Most pathologists and lab executives know that passage of the HITECH Act was the part of 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (also referred to as “ARRA” or the “stimulus bill”). HITECH provides incentives for the expanded [...] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - October 22, 2009 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Justin Clark Tags: Laboratory News Source Type: info

HIPAA Crackdown is LikelyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rumors of stricter enforcement of privacy and security rules have been heard before but this time there’s reason to believe that tougher scrutiny is indeed coming. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 14, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: info

Google Health adds telehealth services to the mixEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Google Health is introducing telehealth services to its platform through a partnership with Boca Raton, Fla.-based MDLiveCare. The partnership, which was announced Tuesday at the Health2.0 conference in San Francisco, will allow Google Health users with an MDLiveCare HIPAA acces to secure video, phone or email telehealth consultations with a board-certified physician or mental health therapist, allowing them to share their medical records with a physician before the appointment and get records after the appointment. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Boca Raton Florida Google Health Industry News MDLiveCare San Francisco Vendors Source Type: news

HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health InformationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comments are being requested by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposal to modify certain provisions of the "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information" (Privacy Rule), issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 7, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info

Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Genetic Information; Interim Final Rules; HIPAA Administrative Simplification; Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Proposed RulesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comments are being requested on this document that contains interim final rules implementing sections 101 through 103 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, prohibiting discrimination based on genetic information in health insurance coverage and group health plans. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 7, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info

Significant New HIPAA Provisions in the Recent Economic Stimulus PackageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last February, Congress enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the recent federal stimulus package. The HITECH Act provides more than $19 billion in funding to promote the adoption of electronic medical records in the health care industry. However, the prospect of making health information available electronically has raised privacy and security concerns. Accordingly, Congress also included in the HITECH Act substantial changes to the privacy and security requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These changes will re...
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - September 30, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Peter B. Mancino Tags: Legal Counsel Source Type: journals

Don't Wait—HIPAA 5010 Deadline Looming for 2012Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physicians have a little more than 2 years to complete their transition to new HIPAA X12 standards for submitting administrative transactions electronically, according to Medicare officials. (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - September 30, 2009 Category: Rheumatology Authors: MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER Source Type: journals

iMedicor Completes Pilot Project of Direct-to-Pharmacy, Electronic Prescription Renewal Capability via Secure, HIPAA Compliant PortalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
iMedicor today announced the successful completion of the pilot project of its first direct-to-pharmacy, electronic prescription refill technology via its HIPAA compliant information exchange portal. Following the successful launch, all 225 of the pilot pharmacy’s outlets went live, well ahead of the projected schedule. This first project demonstrates iMedicor’s prescription refill fulfillment capabilities with the Company’s previously announced partner, one of the leading electronic refill processing network services to the retail pharmacy industry. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: iMedicor NANUET Vendors Source Type: news

When Relatives and Friends Ask Physicians for Medical Advice: Ethical, Legal, and Practical ConsiderationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Physicians often are asked for advice about medical matters by relatives and friends. These range from requests for simple information to requests for medical opinion and judgment and more substantial involvement by the physician. I comment on the motivations and expectations of the requester and the physician, and the legal, ethical, and practical considerations related to such requests. I recommend: (1) Be clear about the expectations of the requester and yourself, including whether you are being asked for simple factual information, your medical judgment and opinion, or more substantial involveme...
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - September 29, 2009 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Journal of General Internal Medicine Source Type: journals

Peripheral Vasculature: High-Temporal- and High-Spatial-Resolution Three-dimensional Contrast-enhanced MR Angiography [Technical Developments]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The feasibility of performing high-diagnostic-quality time-resolved 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the peripheral vasculature by using CAPR and eightfold accelerated 2D SENSE has been demonstrated. Supplemental material: http://radiology.rsna.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1148/radiol.2533081744/-/DC1 © RSNA, 2009 (Source: Continuous Publishing articles)
Source: Continuous Publishing articles - September 28, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Haider, C. R., Glockner, J. F., Stanson, A. W., Riederer, S. J. Tags: Technical Developments Source Type: journals

Repeat Contrast Medium Reactions in Premedicated Patients: Frequency and Severity [Contrast Media]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Breakthrough reactions are usually similar in severity to the index reaction, and subsequent contrast medium injections usually do not induce repeat breakthrough reactions. Breakthrough reactions are more likely to be moderate or severe in patients with certain risk factors. © RSNA, 2009 (Source: Continuous Publishing articles)
Source: Continuous Publishing articles - September 28, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Davenport, M. S., Cohan, R. H., Caoili, E. M., Ellis, J. H. Tags: Contrast Media Source Type: journals

Repeat Contrast Medium Reactions in Premedicated Patients: Frequency and Severity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Breakthrough reactions are usually similar in severity to the index reaction, and subsequent contrast medium injections usually do not induce repeat breakthrough reactions. Breakthrough reactions are more likely to be moderate or severe in patients with certain risk factors. (c) RSNA, 2009. PMID: 19789241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Radiology)
Source: Radiology - September 28, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Davenport MS, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Ellis JH Tags: Radiology Source Type: journals

Peripheral Vasculature: High-Temporal- and High-Spatial-Resolution Three-dimensional Contrast-enhanced MR Angiography.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The feasibility of performing high-diagnostic-quality time-resolved 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the peripheral vasculature by using CAPR and eightfold accelerated 2D SENSE has been demonstrated. Supplemental material: http://radiology.rsna.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1148/radiol.2533081744/-/DC1 (c) RSNA, 2009. PMID: 19789238 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Radiology)
Source: Radiology - September 28, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Haider CR, Glockner JF, Stanson AW, Riederer SJ Tags: Radiology Source Type: journals

Health IT Data Breaches: No Harm, No FoulEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Under new rules developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA-covered health care providers, health plans and other health entities must notify patients of data breaches involving their health information. Unless, of course, they decide not to. - Data breach notification rules for health entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act take effect Sept. 23. Under the rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, (PDF) health care providers and health plans will be required to notify individuals of... (Source: eWeek Health Care)
Source: eWeek Health Care - September 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

New HIPAA rules on information breaches take effect in SeptemberEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If patient information is stolen, practices must notify the affected patients and, in some cases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local media, according to new regulations that go into effect on September 23. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - September 16, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info

Running a Practice: The HITECH Act: New HIPAA RequirementsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, includes rules and regulations that will soon expand HIPAA requirements for covered entities and business associates (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - September 15, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

HIPAA.com Launches HIPAA TVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the old expression goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." This month HIPAA.com launches its sister site, HIPAA TV, to give its visitors an additional perspective on what to do and how to go about it. HIPAA TV expands the HIPAA.com knowledge-base with video clips of public announcements, speeches, demonstrations, case studies, and satire as they relate to HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and other legislative and regulatory healthcare initiatives to aid health systems and providers in benefiting from the new Health Information Technology stimulus dollars. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Atlanta Industry News information technology Source Type: news

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The Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights will now enforce the confidentiality of electronic health information as well as other patient records, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced. The office already had responsibility for enforcing the HIPAA's “privacy” rule, which guards nonelectronic personal health information. But enforcement of HIPAA's “security” rule for electronic health information had been delegated to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Legislation approved as part of the Recovery Act of 2009 mandated better enforcement of both rules. Ms. Sebelius noted in a statement tha...
Source: Family Practice News - September 14, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jane Anderson Tags: Practice Trends Source Type: news

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The federal government is requiring physicians and other HIPAA-covered entities to notify individuals when their protected health information has been breached. The interim final rule, issued in August, goes into effect this month. Under the rule, physicians have up to 60 calendar days from when they detect unauthorized access of protected health information to notify the patient. If the breach involves more than 500 individuals, the HHS secretary and a major media outlet in their area must be notified. “This new federal law ensures that covered entities and business associates are accountable to [HHS] and to individuals...
Source: Internal Medicine News - September 14, 2009 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Jane Anderson Tags: Practice Trends Source Type: journals

New AHRQ Informed Consent And Authorization Toolkit For Minimal Risk ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AHRQ has published new toolkit to help researchers obtain potential research participants' informed consent and authorization to use their health data in accordance with the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA). (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - September 8, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

HIPAA 5010 testing service goes liveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Data Interchange Standards Association has launched DISAcert, an automated, scenario-based online testing service to ensure compliance with new 5010 transaction standards related to HIPAA. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

HIPAA 5010 testing service goes liveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Data Interchange Standards Association has launched DISAcert, an automated, scenario-based online testing service to ensure compliance with new 5010 transaction standards related to HIPAA. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - September 3, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Getting ready for identity theft rules: creating a prevention program for your medical practice.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Identity theft worries have found their way into medical practices. By August 1, 2009, all "creditors" must have a written program to prevent, detect, and minimize damage from identity theft. Any medical practice that bills patients is considered a creditor. Like HIPAA, these new Red Flag guidelines will serve to protect your practice from lawsuits as well as protect your patients from identity theft of their financial, personal, and medical information. PMID: 19911551 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Medical Practice Management : MPM)
Source: The Journal of Medical Practice Management : MPM - September 1, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: Cascardo D Tags: J Med Pract Manage Source Type: journals

'Online filing cabinet': Google service centralizes medical records, does not violate HIPAAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Skin has a large, skin cancer-based practice in a large metropolitan area. Many of his patients are highly successful businessmen who travel extensively to many parts of the world for long periods of time. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - August 31, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info

HIPAA 5010 Format Deadline Looming for 2012Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physicians have a little more than 2 years to complete their transition to new HIPAA X12 standards for submitting administrative transactions electronically, according to Medicare officials. (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 31, 2009 Category: OBGYN Authors: MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER Tags: Practice Trends Source Type: journals

CMS Reminds Physicians of HIPAA 5010 Format DeadlineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physicians have a little more than 2 years to complete their transition to new HIPAA X12 standards for submitting administrative transactions electronically, according to Medicare officials. (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - August 31, 2009 Category: Neurology Authors: MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER Tags: Practice Trends Source Type: news

What makes a blogger go on in a field where so many others stop, fail and disappear?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
See a few reasons below from Dean Giustini's blog:I had no clue that five years later, I'd still be blogging - and that I'd want to keep blogging. I guess you could say I've grown to like it.On reflection, I realized blogging is an extension of my digital identity as a health librarian working in the Google age.I'm not interested in promoting myself as a speaker or using the blog for commercial reasons.I am very grateful that anyone wants to read what I have to say.Maintaining a blog is simple, and if one enjoys the experience, there are few reasons to stop. For example, I use this blog as an educational portfolio and sinc...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 28, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Blogging Source Type: info

ASCO Study Documents Flaws in HIPAA for Cancer Research.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Page: 7DOI: 10.1097/01.COT.0000360397.36415.79Authors: Carlson, Robert H. (Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents)
Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - August 26, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: HTML PDF (269 K) Source Type: journals

Feds Issue New HIPAA Data Breach RulesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For health care providers, health plans and other entities -- including business associates of covered entities -- that do not encrypt their health IT data, new regulations require prompt notifications to consumers in the event of a data breach. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued new regulations requiring health care providers, health plans and other entities covered by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) to notify individuals when their health information is breached. The breach notific... (Source: eWeek Health Care)
Source: eWeek Health Care - August 25, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

Discord prevails over pt privacy in clinical trialsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cancer researchers and compliance officials agree that patients enrolled in clinical trials are entitled to a high level of privacy protection, but there is significant tension between the two groups over how HIPAA rules should be implemented, according to the results of a survey by the ASCO Cancer Research Committee. (Source: Cancer Network)
Source: Cancer Network - August 25, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: info

Department Issues New HIPAA Notification RegulationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new regulations on Aug. 19 requiring entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals after their health information has been breached. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - August 24, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info

Harvesting PACS audit data yields operational gainsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PACS audit data can do more than just ensure HIPAA compliance; it can also be a goldmine for driving quality improvement, according to the experiences of two institutions. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 24, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info

HHS Issues Rule Requiring Individuals Be Notified Of Breaches Of Their Health InformationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New regulations requiring health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when their health information is breached were issued today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

HHS releases breach notification rulesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new regulations that require healthcare providers, health plans, and other entities covered by HIPAA to notify individuals when their health information is breached. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 20, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info